Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, have posted a rare photo showing their daughter Lilibet celebrating her first birthday at a picnic in the UK courtyard over the weekend.
With a light blue dress and a white bow on her head, the red-haired girl sat on the grass in a heartfelt snapshot taken by family friend Misan Harriman on Saturday, a spokesman said.
One of the highlights of the intimate gathering at Frogmore Cottage in Windsor was a cake from American baker Claire Ptak, who created the wedding cake for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in 2018. Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor received its name in honor to the queen Isabel II, of whom the nickname of the family is Lilibet.
Harry and Meghan, who live in the United States, were in Britain for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. It is understood they took Lilibet, who was born in California, to meet her great-grandmother, the queen, for the first time last week.
It is also the first time that Lilibet, whom the family calls Lili, appears in a photo on her own; appeared on a Christmas card with her parents and older brother Archie last year.
Prince Harry and Meghan attend the Queen’s Thanksgiving Service in London on 3 June. Credit: Getty
Her parents are members of the royal family who do not work and did not participate in the official jubilee parades, appearing in public only during the Thanksgiving service and without their children.
The Sussex were also not on the balcony of Buckingham Palace when the jubilee celebrations began, but were only seen in a few photos taken through a window at the Horse Guard parade during Trooping the Color, showing- interacting with some of the royal children.
Reuters