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Queen had cake for Lilibet’s 1st birthday — but Harry, Meghan stood her up: ex-staffer

  2024-03-21 pagesixLeah Bitsky21980
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Let her eat cake — alone.A former employee of Queen Elizabeth II claimed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle snubbed the late

Queen had cake for Lilibet’s 1st birthday — but Harry, Meghan stood her up: ex-staffer

Let her eat cake — alone.

A former employee of Queen Elizabeth II claimed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle snubbed the late monarch’s invitation to celebrate Princess Lilibet’s 1st birthday with her.

“Even on Lilibet’s 1st birthday, the Queen didn’t see her,” the Queen’s onetime footman Paul Burrell told the Mirror in an interview published Friday.

“She saw her the day before. But on her birthday, the Queen had a birthday cake made with one candle in it. And they never turned up. That candle was never lit.”

However, a source tells Pvnew there is “no truth” to Burrell’s claims.

“They did see the Queen to celebrate Lili’s birthday,” the insider says.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex joined the royal family in celebrating the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June 2022, and some of the festivities happened to fall on Lilibet’s 1st birthday.

Harry, 38, and Markle, 42, reportedly celebrated their daughter’s big day with a relaxed garden party at Frogmore Cottage — the first home they shared as newlyweds — among royal family members including his cousins Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips and their respective children.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle allegedly stood up Queen Elizabeth II when she wanted to celebrate Princess Lilibet’s 1st birthday. Getty Images
Queen Elizabeth II
The late Queen’s former footman Paul Burrell claimed the monarch got a cake for Lilibet, but Harry and Markle never showed up. Samir Hussein/WireImage
Meghan Markle and Queen Elizabeth II
“The Queen had a birthday cake made with one candle in it. And they never turned up. That candle was never lit,” the former Buckingham Palace staffer claimed. Getty Images

That same day, the Queen — who died on Sept. 8, 2022, at the age of 96 — was scheduled to attend the Epsom Derby in Surrey as part of the jubilee festivities but was forced to pull out due to her ongoing health issues.

According to Burrell, the sovereign had invited Harry and Markle to celebrate Lilibet’s birthday but was snubbed.

“The next day, she asked if maybe they’d like to come up for tea again and was told they’ve gone,” the ex-Buckingham Palace staffer claimed. “‘What do you mean they’ve gone?’ she said. ‘They’ve gone back to America.’ ‘Oh no, they never said goodbye.’”

Princess Lilibet
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex celebrated Lilibet’s 1st birthday at Frogmore Cottage. EPA
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry with their kids.
The couple also share 4-year-old son Prince Archie. Alexi Lubomirski / Duke and Duch

Burrell further claimed the Queen was “confused” that Harry and Markle, who also share 4-year-old son Prince Archie, decided to leave London so quickly.

“How could you offend our Queen? Well, I don’t understand anyone that could do that. Not her family, why would you want to?” he said. “She was devoid of jealousy, anger, envy, all those traits that we associate with other people she didn’t have. She was just a very simple soul. I wish the world could have known her the way I knew her.”

Still, the Queen publicly shared her birthday wishes for her great-granddaughter via social media.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle with the Queen.
The Queen was struggling with health issues at the time of Lilibet’s birthday. Getty Images

(By/Leah Bitsky)
 
 
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