The plans mark the 2nd time that a royal milestone has fallen on a birthday weekend for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's children.
King Charles III's coronation date is already marked on the royal family calendar for any other reason.
Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday that the new King will be officially crowned on May 6, 2023 — the equal day his grandson Archie Harrison celebrates his 4th birthday.
The coronation date is in the past in the yr than broadly speculated, as many believed that King Charles would pick June 2 to honor the date of Queen Elizabeth's coronation in 1953.
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"The Coronation will mirror the monarch's function these days and seem towards the future, while being rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry," the palace said in a statement, including that Queen Camilla will be crowned alongside her husband. Keeping with royal tradition, the ceremony will start at Westminster Abbey in London, where British monarchs have been coronated for the ultimate 900 years.
The coronation marks the 2d time that a royal milestone falls on a birthday weekend for one of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's younger children. Over the summer, their daughter Lilibet grew to become 1 on June 4, the third day of Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee weekend.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex invited shut friends and household to acquire for a "casual, intimate backyard picnic" at their Frogmore Cottage home and shared a new photograph of their daughter (showing off her pink hair!) to celebrate the occasion.
Soon after, a royal source established to PEOPLE that King Charles enjoyed an "emotional" go to with his grandchildren, who traveled to the U.S. with their parents from their California home for the celebrations.
"It was a awesome visit. The prince was once delighted to see his grandson and meet his granddaughter for the first time," the source said, including that it used to be "wonderful" to have the Duke and Duchess of Sussex returned in Britain.
The time out marked Lili's first go to to the U.K. Meghan and Harry's daughter was once born in California in June 2021 and had but to visit her dad's homeland. Archie was once born in the U.K. in May 2019 but hadn't been back on the grounds that he was round 6 months old.
"The Prince and the Duchess [of Cornwall] have been certainly thrilled to see them," the insider added, as Charles had no longer considered his grandson Archie "for a bit of time."
"It was very different to have some time with him. He hadn't met Lilibet, his granddaughter, and so to meet her for the first time was very emotional — it used to be a extremely good thing," the supply said.
The time out additionally allowed Lili to meet her great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, for the first time. Meghan and Harry named their daughter after the monarch, as Lilibet used to be the Queen's childhood nickname.
Following the Queen's demise on Sept. eight at age 96, Prince Harry reflected on "first meetings" in a private tribute to his late grandmother.
"Granny, while this ultimate parting brings us tremendous sadness, I am invariably grateful for all of our first conferences — from my earliest childhood memories with you, to assembly you for the first time as my Commander-in-Chief, to the first second you met my darling spouse and hugged your liked great-grandchildren," Harry said in a declaration on Sept. 12.
"I cherish these instances shared with you, and the many other specific moments in between. You are already sorely missed, now not just via us, but by using the world over. And as it comes to first meetings, we now honor my father in his new function as King Charles III."
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