Duchess Kate Will Have a ‘Lower Key’ 40th Birthday Celebration Compared to Meghan Markle Amid COVID-19 Spike, Royal Expert Claims
usmagazine.comNothing too big! Duchess Kate’s 40th birthday plans will likely be altered amid the rise in COVID-19 cases in the U.K.
and around the world, according to royal expert Jonathan Sacerdoti.“It’s going to be quite scaled back because of the COVID pandemic.
I mean, here in the U.K., the numbers are back up again,” he exclusively told Us Weekly on Tuesday, January 4. “There’s no lockdown in place, but [there’s] some resistance to big gatherings.
It’s something that people just maybe don’t think is the best thing to do.”The journalist noted that the royal family “will be keen to set an example to others” amid the continued health crisis.“So even for a big, important birthday, like her 40th, and even being who she is, she’s choosing perhaps to do something lower key,” he added. “So [as] to set a good example.”The Duchess of Cambridge’s decisions surrounding her milestone birthday, however, may end up being compared to those of her sister-in-law Meghan Markle, who celebrated turning the same age in August 2020.Sacerdoti told Us that the two celebrations will be very different, staying in line with the women’s opposite personalities.“We saw how Meghan conducted herself for her 40th,” the British broadcaster explained. “Meghan, of course, did that video where she had her new, let’s say initiative, announced where she was trying to help people or to get back into work after many people had lost their jobs with COVID through mentoring.”The Duchess of Sussex, who shares children Archie, 2, and Lili, 7 months, with husband Prince Harry, marked her birthday by launching her 40X40 program, in which she asked 40 of her friends to donate 40 minutes of mentorship to women reentering the workforce during the coronavirus pandemic.The August
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