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Inside Archie's birthday celebrations as Prince Harry rushes home hours after Coronation

After attending King Charles III's Coronation, Prince Harry quickly returned to the United States to celebrate his son Archie's fourth birthday.

Harry flew from California to the UK for just 28 hours to witness the historic ceremony in Westminster Abbey on Saturday while Meghan Markle stayed home for their first son's birthday.

The Duke of Sussex was seen boarding a British Airways flight from Heathrow Airport, which landed in Los Angeles at 7.30pm local time on Saturday.

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As the Mirror reports, Meghan reportedly felt that attending the historic event at Westminster Abbey would have been "inauthentic," and she wanted to "minimize the drama."

She held a "low-key" birthday party for Archie at home which he enjoyed with his family as his sister, Lilibet, who turns two in June, also joined in the fun. With only Archie's grandmother, Doria Ragland, and Meghan's close friend, Victoria Jackson, in attendance, the four-year-old's celebrations were kept small.

A source told the Mail that Meghan baked a lemon cake for Archie using fruit from their garden. Their home was also decorated with balloons and streamers adding to the festive atmosphere.

Harry attending the coronation marked his his first public appearance alongside the royals since the publication of his memoir Spare.

He was seated in the third row, two rows behind his brother Prince William and as he is no longer a working royal, he did not appear on the Buckingham Palace balcony with King Charles and his stepmother Camilla, the Queen Consort.

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