Meghan Markle appeared to have been ignored by The Firm once again as they remained silent on her 43rd birthday yesterday.
The Duchess of Sussex has received messages from other senior members of the Firm in previous years.
Royal fans may see this as evidence of the strained relations between the Sussexes and the Waleses, along with King Charles and Queen Camilla in recent months.
They also did not issue any statement regarding Meghan’s 42nd birthday last year – her first birthday since Charles became king following the death of Queen Elizabeth in September 2022.
Royal aides said they only celebrated the birthdays of working members of the Royal Family on their official social media accounts.
But this was different from what members of the Royal Family had done previously.
The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and King Charles are photographed on Christmas Day at Sandringham in 2018.
The Duchess of Sussex has received messages from other senior members of The Firm in previous years, but did not receive them for her 42nd or 43rd birthday (pictured, in July).
The Sussexes stepped down from their roles as senior working members of the Royal Family in January 2020, before moving to the US in June of that year at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
But William and Kate shared a message with their millions of followers on social media two years after their split, publicly wishing Prince Harry’s wife a happy birthday as she turned 41.
On August 4, 2022, William and Kate sent a message to Meghan on X (formerly Twitter) from their official account, saying: ‘Wishing The Duchess of Sussex a very Happy Birthday!’
Her message, posted at 9.01am, also included a photograph of Meghan in a white suit and hat taken during her visit to the UK a few months earlier for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Charles, then Prince of Wales, and Camilla, then Duchess of Cornwall, also sent a message marking Meghan’s 41st birthday, writing ‘Happy Birthday to the Duchess of Sussex!’ with a red balloon emoji.
Since leaving The Firm, Harry and Meghan gave an explosive interview to Oprah about their experiences as royals in 2021.
The couple’s explosive interview sent shockwaves around the world as the pair laid bare the extent of their rift with the Queen and other senior royals.
Meghan Markle is photographed arm in arm with her husband, Prince Harry, alongside Prince William, Kate and King Charles (who was then a prince) in 2018.
The Sussexes (pictured in 2018) stepped down from their roles as senior working members of the Royal Family in January 2020, before moving to the US in June that year.
They then signed a deal with Netflix and released their docuseries called Harry & Meghan in December 2022, before the Prince released his controversial tell-all autobiography Spare, published in January last year.
In the book he claimed that he begged his father not to marry Camilla for fear that she was an “evil stepmother”.
Harry also alleged that his brother, Prince William, “threw him down” in 2019 during an argument over his marriage to Meghan.
Meghan has since skipped the King’s coronation in May 2023, with Harry sitting far away from senior members of the family.
Harry was also in London in May this year for an Invictus Games event, but did not meet his father during his brief tour, despite being just three miles away from his dad at Clarence House.
The prince had hoped to meet his estranged father, the king, during his trip, which follows a quick earlier visit in February following Charles’ cancer diagnosis.
But Harry’s spokesman said at the time: “In response to numerous enquiries and ongoing speculation as to whether or not The Duke will meet his father whilst in the UK this week, this will unfortunately not be possible due to Her Majesty’s full schedule.
‘The Duke, of course, understands his father’s schedule of engagements and other priorities and looks forward to seeing him soon.’
When the 42-year-old Princess of Wales announced her cancer diagnosis to the world in late March, the Duke and Duchess released a brief statement to Harper’s Bazaar saying, ‘We wish you health and healing.’
This year, Meghan’s birthday falls on the same day her rare joint interview with Prince Harry airs on CBS Sunday Morning.
This year, Meghan’s birthday falls on the same day her rare joint interview with Prince Harry airs on CBS Sunday Morning.
The mother-of-two has spoken out about how she wants to protect her children from harmful content online, after revealing she was bullied by trolls on social media while pregnant with her two children.
She told the TV show in the trailer: ‘Our kids are little, 3 and 5 years old. They are amazing, but all we want to do as parents is protect them.
“From what we can see of what’s happening in the online space, we know there’s a lot of work to be done there, and we’re happy to be able to be part of a change for the better.”
Meghan is believed to have spent her birthday this year celebrating privately with close family and friends, as she has done previously.
And it seems the Sussexes could also be preparing for their “quasi” royal tour to Colombia, after Francia Marquez, Colombia’s vice president, announced the couple would be visiting the country.
Prince Harry revealed he wanted to travel more during his trip to Africa earlier this year, sparking a frenzy.