The Duchess of Sussex is celebrating her 40th birthday following a turbulent 12 months.
Meghan and Harry are likely to have planned a low-key celebration as they are reportedly taking time off to care for the latest addition to their family, baby Lili who is a little sister for their son Archie.
The Sussexes have established a new life for themselves in the celebrity enclave of Montecito in California, buying a multimillion-pound home and launching a non-profit foundation.
Harry and Meghan have also signed lucrative deals – thought to be worth well over £100 million – with Spotify and Netflix that have given them the capital to pursue their new lifestyle and public goals.
But it was only when the couple sat down for their much-anticipated television interview with Oprah Winfrey in March did they tell the world their side of the story.
The couple left the royal family in crisis with a series of shocking revelations that painted the monarchy as a racist and uncaring institution.
Winfrey was left opened mouthed when the duchess – the first mixed-race member of the modern monarchy – said a fellow royal was worried about how dark their son Archie’s skin tone might be before he was born.
Harry is to pen his own tell-all memoir and has promised to write an “accurate and wholly truthful” account of his life.
