It is tradition for the royal family Instagram accounts to recognize a member of the family’s birthday, usually alongside a brand new photo of the celebrated family member to mark the occasion.
Now, yes, yesterday was one of the biggest days the royal family has had in a long time—its first Coronation in 70 years—but it was also the fourth birthday of King Charles’ grandson, one Prince Archie, who spent his birthday at home in California with mom Meghan Markle and sister Princess Lilibet. (Dad Prince Harry arrived later in the evening, after potentially the longest 28 hours of his life: Flying into the U.K., attending his father’s Coronation, and flying home, back to back to back.) As Us Weekly points out, nobody in the royal family publicly recognized Archie’s birthday, instead keeping 100 percent of the focus on the Coronation. Even in the midst of familial turmoil that followed Harry and Meghan’s decision to step back as working members of the royal family in 2020, “the Wales family and Charles and Queen Camilla have publicly paid tribute to the Sussex children on their respective birthdays,” Us Weekly reports—but not this time.
