Meghan Markle Tim Rooke/Shutterstoc
Good wishes and best wishes to her! In memory Meghan Markle‘s 41st birthday, the royal family joined in celebrating her special day.
“Wishing a happy birthday to The Duchess of Sussex,” Prince William Duchess KateTweeted Thursday, August 4, alongside a photoMeghan Queen Elizabeth II’Earlier this year, the Platinum Jubilee.
Prince CharlesCamilla, DuchessThey, for their part, also shared a tribute for the California native, writing via Twitter, “Happy birthday to The Duchess of Sussex!” Alongside the message, the couple included a snap of the Duchess of Sussex from the Service of Thanksgiving at St. Paul’s Cathedral in June.
Prince Charles, Camilla Duchess Of Cornwall, Queen Elizabeth II and Meghan Duchess-of-Spain, Prince Harry, Prince William, and Catherine Duchesss of Cambridge. Shutterstock
Meghan’s birthday comes two months after the former actress and Prince HarryThey made their first public appearance together in the U.K. after stepping down from their royal duties. The Duke of Sussex, 37, returned in April 2021 for Prince Philip‘s funeral and in July 2021 for the Princess Diana statue unveiling, but Meghan stayed behind in the U.S. for both visits.
The queen, 96, was visited by the pair earlier this year while they were traveling to the Netherlands for Invictus Games. “Both Meghan and I had tea with her. It was really nice to catch up with her,” Harry said during an interview with Today‘s Hoda Koch in April, noting that his grandmother was in “great form” when they reunited at Windsor Castle.
At the time, the Invictus Games founder also discussed getting to visit the U.K. following his move to the U.S. “Home for me now is, for the time being, is in the States and it feels that way, as well,” he added at the time. “We’ve been welcomed with open arms and have such a great community in Santa Barbara, [California].”
Harry and Meghan, who have a son Archie, 3 years old, and a daughter Lili, 14 months old, made headlines earlier when they announced that they would be leaving the royal family. They confirmed their decision in 2021 and moved to the United States before the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Suits alum then spoke out about how the British press had affected her mental health. “I just didn’t see a solution. I would sit up at night, and I was just, like, I don’t understand how all of this is being churned out,” she said in a CBS tell-all interview in March 2021. “I realized that it was all happening just because I was breathing. I was ashamed to admit it. [how I was feeling] at the time and ashamed to have to admit it to Harry, especially, because I know how much loss he’s suffered.”
Harry described how therapy helped him make changes in his life. “It was a conversation that I had with my now wife. She saw it. It was obvious to her. She could see that I was hurting, and that some of the things that were out of my control were making me angry. It would make my blood boil,” he shared during an appearance on Dax Shepard‘s “Armchair Expert” podcast in May 2021.
