Meghan Markle, 40, and Prince Harry, 37, will be celebrating their daughter Lilibet’s first birthday on the same day The Queen, 95, is set to be enjoying a four-day bank holiday for her Platinum Jubilee.
Plans have been in place for Her Majesty’s festivities for years now, as she gears up to reach the grand milestone of 70 years on the throne – longer than any monarch before her.
But no one could have predicted that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who were recently advised to avoid Prince Philip's memorial as the day "isn't about them", would also welcome their second child and first daughter one year earlier.
While baby Lilibet will have her first birthday just after the Queen’s actual coronation anniversary, on June 4, the whole of Britain is gearing up for a long weekend of celebrating.
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