Royal Family remains silent on Princess Lilibet’s third birthday amid ongoing tensions with the Sussexes

Princess Lilibet celebrated her third birthday on Tuesday (June 4), but the royal family has not made a public statement about her. Despite being the youngest child of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, no member of the royal family has wished her well on her birthday.

The perceived disregard comes amid ongoing tensions between the Sussexes and the royal family, following their decision to step back from royal duties in 2020 and the public fallout that followed.

Lilibet has only visited the UK once to meet members of her father’s family. That visit came when she was brought to the UK for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, where the Queen met her eleventh great-grandchild and namesake for the first time.

However, despite reports that King Charles is “desperate” to build a relationship with his youngest son’s children, no public message has been shared – mirroring the silence when Harry’s son Archie turned five last month.

Lilibet is believed to have celebrated her birthday over the weekend at a small gathering at the family home in Montecito. People magazine reported that Meghan and Harry’s close friends and non-royal family members were in attendance, as well as some of Lilibet’s friends, the Mirror reports.

Born in California in June 2021, Lilibet was named in honor of her late great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.

Rumours that the Queen met her great-grandchild via video call after her birth have been spread by sources close to the Sussexes, with one telling People magazine: “They were very excited and couldn’t wait to share the arrival of their daughter.”

However, sources close to the Palace were quick to refute these claims, suggesting that no such call had taken place – as reported by The Mail on Sunday.

In response, a source insisted: “No video call took place. Friends of the Sussexes appear to have given journalists misleading information about what the Queen had said, which derailed the whole affair.”

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