{"id":562107,"date":"2026-08-07T20:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/562107\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:00:12","slug":"the-real-reason-king-charles-stayed-silent-on-meghans-birthday-revealed-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/562107\/","title":{"rendered":"The ‘real reason’ King Charles stayed silent on Meghan’s birthday revealed | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

King Charles<\/a> did not publicly wish Meghan Markle<\/a> a happy 45th birthday this week, but the apparent silence was down to royal protocol rather than a snub, according to reports.<\/p>\n

The Duchess of Sussex celebrated turning 45 on Tuesday, sharing glimpses of her celebrations with Prince Harry<\/a> and their two children from the family’s home in Montecito, California.<\/p>\n

While fans noticed there were no birthday messages from the Royal Family’s official social media accounts, Hello! Magazine reported that the absence of a public tribute was in keeping with a long-standing royal policy introduced in 2022.<\/p>\n

According to the publication, the late Queen Elizabeth II introduced guidance limiting official birthday messages for non-working members of the Royal Family to milestone birthdays ending in a zero.<\/p>\n

That means Meghan, who stepped back from royal duties alongside Prince Harry<\/a> in 2020, was not expected to receive a public birthday greeting this year despite marking her 45th birthday.<\/p>\n

The policy has also applied to Prince Harry. The Duke of Sussex received a public message from the Royal Family when he celebrated his 40th birthday in 2024.<\/p>\n

At the time, the Royal Family’s official social media account shared the message: “Wishing The Duke of Sussex a very happy 40th birthday today!” The post was also shared by the Prince and Princess of Wales’ social media accounts.<\/p>\n

While no public message was issued for Meghan this year, it remains possible King Charles marked the occasion privately.<\/p>\n

The Duchess celebrated her birthday by posting a cheerful photograph of herself jumping into a swimming pool with balloons tied around her, alongside the caption: “Thank you for the birthday love!”<\/p>\n

Her lifestyle brand, As Ever, also paid tribute by sharing a carousel of photographs, including a childhood image of Meghan, alongside the message: “Happy birthday to our founder, @meghan.”<\/p>\n

The post also referenced one of the brand’s signature candle scents, adding: “Lighting No. 084 to celebrate!”<\/p>\n

Later in the day, Meghan shared a light-hearted video showing herself dancing barefoot around her kitchen wearing a sparkling “Happy Birthday” tiara.<\/p>\n

Dressed in a white T-shirt reading “It’s Giving Mrs” with matching trousers, the Duchess laughed and twirled among birthday balloons while Prince Harry filmed the moment.<\/p>\n

The Duke could be heard laughing behind the camera before joking: “Oh dear.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"King Charles did not publicly wish Meghan Markle a happy 45th birthday this week, but the apparent silence…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[276453,156,11018,11061,4866,111,139,69,236760],"class_list":["post-562107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-birthday-message-policy","tag-entertainment","tag-king-charles","tag-king-charles-iii","tag-meghan-markle","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-royal-protocol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}