Meghan, Duchess of Sussex shares unseen photo of Princess Lilibet to mark her fourth birthday
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has paid tribute to her daughter Princess Lilibet on her birthday.
The former 'Suits' actress - who also has six-year-old son Prince Archie with husband Prince Harry - took to Instagram on Wednesday (04.06.25) to mark the "beautiful" tot's special day, and she also expressed her gratitude for fans who have sent birthday well-wshes to the youngster.
Meghan shared a previously-unseen black and white photo of herself and Lilibet embracing on a boat, a rare picture in which the youngster's face could be seen, and another of her cradling her daugher shortly after she was born.
She wrote alongside the photos: "Happy birthday to our beautiful girl!
"Four years ago today she came into our lives - and each day is brighter and better because of it.
"Thanks to all of those sending love and celebrating her special day!"
Just a week ago, Meghan shared a short video of herself and Lilibet tending to the family bees together.
The pair donned matching white beekeeper suits, which the child paired with rainbow boots, and they walked to a hive together.
Captioning the video - which played the 1969 song 'Sugar, Sugar' by The Archies in the background - Meghan wrote: "Look at all of that fresh honeycomb!
"Harvesting honey with my little honey. (Like mother, like daughter; she's even wearing my gloves)."
Meghan recently spoke of her desire to raise a "very strong" daughter and a confident son.
She said at the Time100 Summit in New York: "I'm conscious of not just raising very strong and confident young woman, but also having a son. I think it's just as paramount of importance for young men to be raised with a confidence and sense of self that is going to empower the women around them too.
"It starts with whatever is going on internally. When I am able to not even just tune out whatever that noise is, [but] to really not give it any credence, that has become so much a part of my day-to-day life."
The 43-year-old duchess also revealed how she deals with criticism of herself and her family, explaining she has "made a very, very conscious effort to create boundaries for myself and for my mental health, for my well-being and certainly to role model that as well for my children".
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