As the royal family comes together to celebrateQueen Elizabeth’sPlatinum Jubileethis week, there’s another big cause for celebration:Lilibet’s first birthday!
Meghan MarkleandPrince Harryare traveling to the U.K. this week with their two children —Archieand Lilibet — to take part in the special four-day weekend in honor of the Queen’s record-breaking 70 years on the throne.
The trip marks the first time Lili, who was born in California, has visited her dad’s homeland. (Archie, 3, was born in the U.K.) It will also be the first time she will meet her great-grandmother,Queen Elizabeth. The meeting will be especially poignant as Lili is named for the monarch, whosechildhood nickname was Lilibet.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s 2021 holiday card with Archie and Lilibet.Alexi Lubomirski
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News that Meghan, 40, andPrince Harry, 37, would travel to the U.K. for the Platinum Jubilee celebrations came shortly afterQueen Elizabeth, 96, announced that only working members of the royal family will appear for the traditional Buckingham Palace balcony appearance as part of Trooping the Colour, the monarch’s annual public birthday celebration on Thursday.
The change means Meghan and Harry, who stepped back as senior members of the royal family in 2020, will not appear on the balcony. However, the couple is expected toattend the service of thanksgivingat St. Paul’s Cathedral on Friday.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.Samir Hussein/WireImage
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“It was great, it was really nice to see her. To see her in an element of privacy was nice,” Harry toldToday.
The Archewell founder also noted that although his family is not based in England, he continues to check up on the Queen.
“I’m just making sure that she’s, you know, protected and got the right people around her,” he explained of the Queen, who had tested positive for COVID-19 in February. “You know, home — home for me, now, is you know, for the time being, is in the States.”
source: people.com
