Today is the Duchess of Sussex’s birthday. She turns 43 years old today. She is a Leo, obviously. Prince Harry is a Virgo. I sometimes wonder if they have little annoyances involved with their astrological signs – I’m a Virgo too, and sometimes Leos are too much for me to handle. It goes the other way too – some Leos don’t want to be around Virgos. You might think this is silly, but I actually believe that there was something fated with Harry and Meghan, and while they might not make perfect sense astrologically, in real life, they seem to suit each other so well. Anyway, People Mag had a really vague story about what Meghan will do for her birthday:
Meghan Markle is marking another trip around the sun. The Duchess of Sussex turns 43 on Aug. 4 and is expected to spend it privately with family, as she has in the past, PEOPLE understands.
This year, Meghan’s birthday falls on the same day that her rare joint interview with Prince Harry, 39, will air on CBS Sunday Morning. In a preview clip released by the network on Aug. 1, the Duchess of Sussex spoke about her desire to protect her children from harmful online content.
I’ll cover the CBS interview tomorrow, btw. I imagine Meghan will spend her birthday in Montecito, with Harry and the kids. Maybe go out to dinner? I hope they’re planning on being visible in the late summer and autumn. They’ll go to Colombia at some point, and Meghan will surely launch American Riviera Orchard at some point, please? One thing they’re absolutely not doing is visiting a drafty old castle in Scotland:
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were snubbed of another invite to Balmoral Castle in Scotland. For years, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have not been invited to the royal family’s summer gathering in the Scottish Highlands, sources tell PEOPLE in this week’s exclusive cover story. King Charles is continuing Queen Elizabeth’s tradition of heading to the Balmoral estate during the late summer, but the monarch hasn’t included Harry and his family this year.
While Prince Harry grew up going to Balmoral, it’s believed that Meghan has never visited the royal family’s Scottish castle.
The 50,000-acre estate, where Queen Elizabeth died in September 2022, serves as a yearly retreat for the royal family out of the public eye, where days are filled with outdoor activities like hunting, fishing and horseback riding.
I thought Meghan did go to Balmoral once, maybe in 2019? There was some confusion about that, maybe I’m wrong. I guess they didn’t go in 2018 after their wedding? Hm. I’ve always sort of wondered if Harry disliked going to Balmoral because it reminded him of his mother’s death. Anyway, yes, as twenty million royal experts have said repeatedly, King Charles totally snubbed the Sussexes and refused to invite them! What goes unsaid is that the Sussexes wouldn’t have gone even if they were invited. Remember how Charles tried to trap Harry at Balmoral last year before Harry went to Germany for Invictus? Remember how Charles told Harry that Meghan wasn’t welcome in Scotland just hours after QEII died? The Windsors are very weird about Balmoral.
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