Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s daughter Lilibet turns three today, but the couple chose to keep the details of her birthday festivities private. The royal family also hasn’t acknowledged the big day on social media. Their silence comes a few months after they drew attention for removing Lili and brother Archie’s bio pages from the royals’ website.
Still, some details have emerged about how the Duke and Duchess of Sussex celebrated Lili. People reports that over the weekend, Meghan and Harry threw their daughter a party at their Montecito, California, home with close friends, family, and some of Lili’s own pals.
As of 12:30 P.M. ET, the couple has not shared any new photos of Lili or posted about her on their organization Archewell’s site. This isn’t too surprising, as Meghan and Harry have really protected their children’s privacy since stepping back from their working royal family roles and settling in California.
The royal family has also been focused on their own business endeavors. Prince William and Kate Middleton’s last post on their shared Instagram was on May 25. The general royal family Instagram, which focuses on King Charles III and the family’s work, offered a post about the upcoming anniversary of D-Day this morning. It’s worth noting it has been over two years since the royals have shared a birthday post or Instagram Story for Lili.
For Meghan’s own birthday in 2022, the royals opted to post Instagram Stories. They have scaled back on family birthday wishes in the years since, keeping their accounts almost entirely work-focused.
Meghan and Harry’s decision to not post about Lili’s birthday follows their protocol with Archie. Last month, they didn’t post any photos of Archie when he turned five on May 6. (Kate and William, in contrast, release photos of their children on their birthdays every year.)
People received intel around that time about how Harry and Meghan quietly celebrated Archie’s birthday at home.
The Sussexes last shared a birthday photo of Lili in 2022, when she turned one.
The portrait they release of Lili then.
Meghan and Harry have offered some updates about their children during their public appearances this year.
Meghan spoke a little about her daughter in Nigeria last month, describing her and Archie as “two beautiful, healthy, very chatty sweet children.” She also shared that Lili’s favorite activities are “singing and dancing” in part due to “all the jumping around.”
On May 10, she recounted one moving moment with schoolchildren in Abuja, Nigeria. “Our daughter, Lili, she’s much, much tinier than you guys. She’s about to turn three,” she prefaced. “And a few weeks ago, she looked at me, and she would just see the reflection in my eyes. And she said, ‘Mama, I see me in you.’
“Oh, now she was talking really literally,” Meghan acknowledged. “But I hung onto those words in a very different way. And I thought, yes, I do see me in you, and you see me…”