Meghan Markle turns 39 today, an occasion that the Duchess of Sussex will be celebrating privately and off-line in Los Angeles.
But the royal family, including Kate Middleton and Prince William, is marking the occasion publicly on their social media. Despite reports of relationships being strained after Meghan and Prince Harry stepped back from their senior royal family roles earlier this year, all the major senior royal family members have posted short, courteous Instagram tributes to Meghan.
Meghan and Harry, for what it's worth, have no active social media accounts right now, so there won't be any comments from them back, and it's not even guaranteed they'll see the posts.
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