Prince William and wife Kate Middleton will hold a joint 40th birthday celebration after her own party plans were cancelled due to high Covid rates.
Royal Sources have revealed that the Duke of Cambridge has been given the green light to throw a bash at the Queen’s Windsor Castle home or Sandringham Estate later this summer.
It comes after the future king, who turns 40 tomorrow, agreed the pair should "celebrate their landmark birthdays in style", according to the Mirror.
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will be two of the senior royals in attendance, and The Queen may attend, in accordance with the royal tradition of celebrating decade milestones for senior members of the family.However, the head of state, aged 96, has suffered from increasing mobility issues in recent months and so will not confirm whether she will appear or not until the day of the party, one palace source confirmed.Historically, the lavish bashes have been thrown together to celebrate several members of the family together.One such extravagant royal party was held in June 2000 at Windsor Castle to celebrate Prince Andrew’s 40th birthday, Princess Anne’s 50th, Princess Margaret’s 70th and Prince William’s 18th.In a royal first, William will not have his birthday marked by the flying of Union flags on government buildings to mark the birthdays of senior royals, in the wake of Prince Andrew’s banishment from royal duties following his involvement in a sex abuse scandal.It emerged today that The Queen and the Prince of Wales will now be the only royals whose birthdays will be marked in such a way.Andrew has been cut from the list on the Government's website but so have the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Earl and
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