The couple “are incredibly touched by the innumerable birthday wishes of their daughter, Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor,” the spokesman said, adding that they were “surprised to learn” that the donations in her honor for the World Central Kitchen (WCK) amounted to more than $ 100,000.
“WCK is at the forefront, providing meals in response to the humanitarian, climate and community crisis. They are building resilient food systems with local solutions. Most recently, they offered support to Uvalde, Texas and Ukraine,” he said. to say the organization is “especially close to their hearts.”
In the photo, Lilibet sits on the grass in her family’s home in the UK, wearing a blue dress and a white bow in her hair.
Like her brother Archie, Lilbet seems to have inherited her father’s red hair.
“The close friend and guest of the family, Misan Harriman, who attended the special day of Lilibet with his wife and children, took the sincere and spontaneous photograph that the Duke and Duchess have the pleasure of sharing today. said the spokesman.
Additional details about Lilibet’s birthday celebrations were also revealed, including that the baker who made her birthday cake, Claire Ptak, is the same one who created the Duke and Duchess’s wedding cake in 2018.
Lilibet is named after her great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.
Harry and Meghan had traveled to the UK to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee, a four-day holiday weekend to mark the Queen’s unprecedented 70th birthday. Friday marked the couple’s first public appearance at a royal event in more than two years, when they attended a thanksgiving service for the monarch in the sacred setting of St. Paul’s Cathedral.
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