Prince Harry and Meghan's daughter Lilibet has turned one today and the Royal Family has been sending her birthday wishes. The Queen's tweet sent from the Royal Family's twitter account read simply: "Wishing Lilibet a very Happy 1st Birthday!"
The same words was sent out from The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, although they used an emoji of a cake rather than an emoji of a balloon in the tweet from the Royal Family.
Prince William and Kate Middleton, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, tweeted a slightly longer birthday message to their niece, saying: "Wishing a very happy birthday to Lilibet, turning one today!"
Lilibet, who was born in America, is spending her first birthday in the UK with her parents and brother Archie to mark the Queen's platinum jubilee, the Mirror reports
According to reports, the Queen finally got to meet her great-granddaughter and namesake Lilibet within 48 hours of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle touching down in the UK. The meeting is said to have taken place at Windsor Castle, although there has been no official confirmation.
The Queen had also not seen the couple's other child, Archie, since 2019 when he was only a few months old. Lilibet was named in tribute to the Queen, whose childhood nickname was Lilibet.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s daughter Lilibet is spending her first birthday in the UK as the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations continue. Harry and Meghan’s second child, born at 11.40am on Friday June 4, 2021 at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in California, was named in honour of the Queen.
Lilibet, the Queen’s family nickname – was first used when Princess Elizabeth was just a toddler and unable to pronounce her own name properly. Her grandfather, King George V, would affectionately call her “Lilibet” imitating her own attempts to say Elizabeth.
The sweet nickname stuck and she became Lilibet to her family from then on. One-year-old Lilibet, known as Lili, has the middle name Diana, which was chosen in memory of her late grandmother.
Neither Lilibet, nor her older brother three-year-old Archie, have been seen in public at any of the Jubilee celebrations so far. With the monarch not travelling to Epsom racecourse for the Derby on Saturday, it could be the perfect opportunity for the royal family to gather to celebrate the christening of Lilibet at Windsor Castle on the child’s first birthday.
Royal commentator Omid Scobie speculated that Thursday was likely to have been the “first moment or the first chance for her (the Queen) to meet her namesake”.
The author of Finding Freedom told BBC Breakfast on Friday that Harry and Meghan “want to be as low profile as possible during this trip”.
The Sussexes were not on the Buckingham Palace balcony as Jubilee celebrations kicked off, but instead were seen only in a few photos, taken through a window at Horse Guards Parade during Trooping the Colour, showing them interacting with some of the royal children.
On Friday, they were present at a service of thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral, but did not go to a reception afterwards at the Guildhall which was attended by most of the other royals.
