The Princess of Wales turns 42 today – and with a seemingly calm celebration on the horizon surrounded by friends and family, it seems like a seemingly calm celebration is about to begin.
If that's the case, it will be Kate's first special day in years that it hasn't been overshadowed by other royal scandals – particularly the events surrounding Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Over the past few years, memoir bombs, megxit, and even covid lockdowns have cast a shadow over Kate's birthday.
Just last year, Kate turned 41 on her first birthday as Princess of Wales, and she had to celebrate the day before Harry's controversial memoir, Spare, hit the shelves. And when the book finally came out, Harry was clearly slashing at his ***.
In the book and in several interviews conducted to promote the book, he accused Kate of treating his wife, Meghan Markle"Stereotypes", saying that her actions caused estrangement and shared details of an altercation over bridesmaid dresses at his wedding, when Meghan cried. He also wrote that Kate accused Meghan of having after the birth of Prince Louis"Infant brain"and demanded an apology from Megan;When Megan borrowed her lip gloss, Kate"The face is expressionless"。
But this is not the first time Kate has celebrated her birthday in the shadow of revelations from the Sussex camp. The day before Kate's 38th birthday in 2020, Harry and Meghan made a shocking announcement that they would be stepping back to the top of the royal family. This led to a few days of turmoil, culminating a few days later at the so-called Sandringham summit.
A year later, in 2021, Kate turned 39 and her birthday was overshadowed by the third COVID-19 lockdown. Just one day before Kate's birthday, the British ** issued another order in order to stop the spread of the virus"Stay at home"of the command.
In 2022, when she reached the milestone age of 40, any celebration at the time was dashed due to the fear of the omicron variant Covid. She and Prince William will then reportedly celebrate their 40th birthday together under the auspices of the late Queen, but that doesn't seem to have happened.
Born in 1982, Kate grew up in Buckleybury, Berkshire, and attended Marlborough College, a private boarding school. She met William in 2001 while studying art history at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. The couple, who had briefly split in 2007, were married at Westminster Abbey in April 2011, after which they had three children – Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.