{"id":263908,"date":"2021-08-04T10:11:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T09:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/?p=263908"},"modified":"2021-08-04T14:38:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T13:38:28","slug":"the-royal-family-lead-tributes-to-meghan-markle-on-her-40th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/royals\/the-royal-family-lead-tributes-to-meghan-markle-on-her-40th-birthday-263908","title":{"rendered":"The Royal Family lead tributes to Meghan Markle on her 40th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Family have been leading tributes to Meghan Markle on her birthday.<\/p>\n<p>The Duchess of Sussex turns 40 today, with Prince William and Kate Middleton taking to Twitter to mark the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside a photo of the former Suits star, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wrote: &#8220;Wishing a happy 40th birthday to The Duchess of Sussex! \ud83c\udf82&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wishing a happy 40th birthday to The Duchess of Sussex! \ud83c\udf82 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qekFyLPmiD\">pic.twitter.com\/qekFyLPmiD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KensingtonRoyal\/status\/1422830971003473922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The official Twitter account for the Royal Family, which shares updates about Queen Elizabeth and Buckingham Palace, also paid tribute to Meghan on her special day.<\/p>\n<p>They shared photos of Meghan and her husband Prince Harry, the couple&#8217;s son Archie, and a snap of Meghan with The Queen.<\/p>\n<p>They wrote: &#8220;\ud83c\udf88Wishing The Duchess of Sussex a very Happy Birthday today!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\udf88 Wishing The Duchess of Sussex a very Happy Birthday today! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xvrRH4sEwX\">pic.twitter.com\/xvrRH4sEwX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyalFamily\/status\/1422829977221967875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meghan&#8217;s father-in-law Prince Charles and his wife Camilla also shared a celebratory message via the Clarence House Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall shared an image of the 40-year-old smiling, and penned:\u00a0&#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Wishing The Duchess of Sussex a very happy 40th birthday.\ud83c\udf88&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wishing The Duchess of Sussex a very happy 40th birthday. \ud83c\udf88 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dCncyhMLrQ\">pic.twitter.com\/dCncyhMLrQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall (@ClarenceHouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClarenceHouse\/status\/1422831081456349193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This will be Meghan&#8217;s first birthday as a mother-of-two.<\/p>\n<p>The former actress and her husband Prince Harry<a href=\"https:\/\/goss.ie\/la-showbiz\/meghan-markle-and-prince-harry-welcome-their-second-child-257266\">\u00a0welcomed their second child<\/a> at the Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in California on June 4 &#8211; a baby girl named Lilibet Diana.<\/p>\n<p>The couple named their daughter after Queen Elizabeth, whose family nickname is Lilibet, while her middle name pays tribute to Harry&#8217;s late mother Princess Diana.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_190145\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190145\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-190145 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0328.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"709\" height=\"728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0328.jpg 709w, https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0328-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0328-409x420.jpg 409w, https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0328-640x657.jpg 640w, https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0328-681x699.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-190145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram @SussexRoyal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Duchess of Sussex is celebrating her first birthday as a mother-of-two<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24673,"featured_media":130414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[7466],"tags":[2589,1134,4550,2552,2590,6226,222813],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wenn34086524-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263908"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24673"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}