Buckingham Palace Didn’t Crop Meghan Out of Prince Harry Photo

No, Buckingham Palace didn’t snub Meghan Markle of their fortieth birthday tribute to Prince Harry.

“The Duchess was not cropped out by Buckingham Palace,” royal sources advised Us Weekly on Tuesday, September 17. “The picture was offered to them by an image company, as a whole stand-alone picture of The Duke.”

The picture posted through the palace’s Instagram — snapped throughout Harry and Meghan’s first abroad journey as a married couple in 2018 — confirmed the Duke of Sussex solo. An expanded model of the picture exhibits Meghan sitting to his left.

“Wishing The Duke of Sussex a really joyful fortieth birthday right this moment!” the palace’s caption learn on Sunday, September 15.

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Regardless of Harry’s ups and downs along with his household lately, the royals shared their finest needs for the duke. Apart from the celebratory message from his father King Charles III and stepmother Queen Camilla through the Buckingham Palace Instagram, Prince William and Princess Kate Middleton posted their very own birthday tribute.

“Wishing a Completely satisfied fortieth Birthday to the Duke of Sussex,” the Prince and Princess of Wales shared through X on Sunday. Additionally they shared the Buckingham Palace submit.

Us beforehand confirmed that Harry’s low-key birthday plans included a celebration at his $14 million Montecito residence with Meghan, 43, and their two children: Prince Archie, 5, and Princess Lilibet, 3. He’s additionally set to embark on a mountain getaway with a gaggle of buddies.

Harry “has a small [group] of shut buddies” in California, a supply advised Us in a canopy story printed final month.

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William and Kate’s social media submit devoted to Harry was a shock to some royal watchers, particularly amid their ongoing rift. Since Harry and Meghan made the choice to depart their roles as senior royals in 2020, there was stress between the brothers.

Harry spoke about his relationship with William at size within the 2023 memoir Spare. (At one level Harry detailed an obvious bodily altercation with William.)

Over a yr and a half after Spare‘s launch, nonetheless, “Harry could be very content material [and] doesn’t have any of these [old] emotions now,” a supply advised Us in April. “He feels that his life has objective and that means and that he can convey plenty of good to the world.”