The Cambridges Missing Lilibet's Birthday Felt Like a "Kick in the Teeth" to the Sussexes, Source Says They were scheduled to be in Wales, to be fair.

 

Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor of Sussex turned one on the Saturday of the Queen's Jubilee weekend, and her parents Prince Harry and Meghan Markle threw her a beautiful birthday party at Frogmore Cottage in Windsor. They also very kindly shared an lovely image of the little girl with us all to mark the occasion.

But the day wasn't all sunshine and rainbows: Of the humans who could not attend, it used to be Prince William and Kate Middleton's absence at the birthday party that cut the deepest, according to one supply close to the Duke of Sussex.

"It used to be a kick in the tooth that the Cambridges didn’t attend," the supply told Heat. "For Meghan, it just strengthened her unravel to not come back."

As earlier reported, the Cambridges were scheduled to visit Wales on that day in advance, and they couldn't precisely skip that visit. One source informed Entertainment Tonight post-Jubilee, "It's absolutely a twist of fate they fell on the equal day. There was no meant slight."

With that said, we do comprehend how tense relations have been between the two royal couples considering that the Sussexes left their royal responsibilities in early 2020, so even though they physically couldn't attend, it is handy to hypothesize that the Cambridges additionally did not favor to attend. I can see how that would be actually difficult.