How Kate Middleton’s Past Birthdays Were “Overshadowed” by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

After a difficult year marred by cancer and chemotherapy treatments, Kate Middleton is looking forward to her forthcoming birthday in light of her health issues. While the optimism stems from her being in a healthier state since finishing chemo, a royal expert also revealed that the Princess of Wales’s past birthdays have been tied to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s drama with the royal family.

Bond explained that some of Middleton’s previous birthdays have had complications, with her saying the special occasions being “overshadowed by events: Harry and Meghan announcing they were stepping back from royal duties on 8 January, 2020, then Harry releasing his book, Spare, on 10 January, 2023.”