ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT

Meghan Markle receives birthday wishes from royal family

Aug 4, 2020, 12:48 PM | Updated: 12:50 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 10, 2018 file photo Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, and Meghan the Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry watch a flypast of Royal Air Force aircraft pass over Buckingham Palace in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

(AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

BY TRENT SELL

KSLNewsRadio

LOS ANGELES — The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, celebrates her 39th birthday today. And despite Meghan and Prince Harry’s recent decision to step down from royal duties, Meghan received well-wishes from the British royal family.

Well-wishes from the royal family

Meghan is celebrating privately with husband Prince Harry and 15-month-old son Archie.

Many of the royal family members sent their wishes over social media, including Prince William and Kate Middleton. Kate and William posted to their Kensington Royal Instagram page, “Wishing a very happy birthday to The Duchess of Sussex today!” The photo includes Meghan greeting a little girl during a surprise appearance for military families last November.

View this post on Instagram

Wishing a very happy birthday to The Duchess of Sussex today! 🎂🎈

A post shared by Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@kensingtonroyal) on Aug 4, 2020 at 12:58am PDT

Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ and Prince Phillip followed up with a birthday wish of their own – a picture posted to the Royal Family’s Instagram of Queen Elizabeth and Meghan together during a memorable outing in Chester, England in 2018.

View this post on Instagram

🎂🎈Wishing The Duchess of Sussex a very happy birthday! 📸 The Queen and The Duchess are pictured during a joint visit to Chester in 2018.

A post shared by The Royal Family (@theroyalfamily) on Aug 4, 2020 at 12:34am PDT

Continuing tension?

The kind words give hope that William and Kate are on better terms with Meghan and Harry. The birthday wishes from William and Kate are notably the first public expression of friendship since the release of the book Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family.

Omid Scobie, the co-author of the book, recently told PEOPLE Magazine that “a lot of damage has been done” to the relationship between the two couples. Scobie said that Meghan and Harry felt off-put by the lack of acceptance and warmth from William and Kate during their last royal appearance.

Meghan and her family currently reside in her hometown of Los Angeles and have been staying secluded during the pandemic.

We want to hear from you.

Have a story idea or tip? Send it to the KSL NewsRadio team here.

Arts + Entertainment

A Early Childhood Education teacher at Sunshine Academy in Alpine and his younger brother celebrate...

Waverly Golden

Pair of brothers handout painted flower pots for Mother’s Day

A Early Childhood Education teacher at Sunshine Academy in Alpine and his younger brother celebrated Mother's Day at River Meadows Senior Living.

12 months ago

Vatican Museum restorer Alice Baltera works on the bronze Hercules statue, in the Round Hall of the...

Francesco Sportelli, Associated Press

Vatican experts uncovering gilded glory of Hercules statue struck by lightning

Vatican Museum restorers are working to remove centuries of grime from the largest known bronze statue of the ancient world: the gilded Hercules Mastai Righetti.

12 months ago

Hasbro has announced Park City will be featured in an edition of Monopoly. Photo credit: Justin Su...

Tom Haraldsen

Hasbro to feature Park City in an edition of Monopoly

Hasbro has announced that Park City will be featured in an edition of Monopoly. The Park City version of the popular board is expected out early next year.

12 months ago