{"id":2293767,"date":"2026-02-22T12:01:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T12:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2293767"},"modified":"2026-02-22T12:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T12:01:22","slug":"prince-william-and-kates-secret-gift-for-lilibet-amid-ongoing-feud-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-william-and-kates-secret-gift-for-lilibet-amid-ongoing-feud-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William and Kate\u2019s secret gift for Lilibet amid ongoing feud | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Prince William \" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/prince-william\">Prince William<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Princess Catherine, Princess of Wales\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/kate-middleton\">Princess Catherine<\/a> sent a sweet gift to their niece <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Princess Lilibet \" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/lilibet-diana\">Princess Lilibet<\/a> following her birth in 2021, a new royal book has revealed. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry welcomed their daughter a year after stepping down as working royals and moving to begin a new life in California.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\">It remains unknown if Catherine and William have ever met their niece, with the couple having spent little time with Harry and Meghan&#8217;s son, six-year-old Prince Archie. According to the <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Daily Mirror<\/a>&#8216;s royal editor Russell Myers&#8217; upcoming book, titled <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/lnk.to\/WilliamCatherine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><em>William &amp; Catherine: The Intimate Inside Story<\/em><\/a>, which will be released later this month, Catherine and William acknowledged Lilibet&#8217;s birth by sending a card and gift to Meghan and Harry in the States despite their ongoing royal feud.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\">Extending an olive branch to Meghan and Harry, Mr Myers wrote: &#8220;William and Catherine sent a gift and a card of congratulations &#8211; although that would be the extent of their contact.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Catherine was previously asked about Lilibet during an engagement just days after her birth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/tiktok\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\">TikTok<\/a> posted by CBS News back in June 2021, Catherine was asked if she had met Lilibet \u2013 and if she had one wish for her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>She said: &#8220;I wish her all the very best. I can&#8217;t wait to meet her, because we haven&#8217;t yet&#8230; met her yet, so hopefully that will be soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>She was then asked if she had met Lilibet via a video call, to which she replied: &#8220;No, I haven&#8217;t. No.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Back in June 2024, Meghan and Harry marked Lilibet&#8217;s third birthday with a party at their home in Montectio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>With guests such as Katy Perry and her daughter Daisy reportedly in attendance, no members of the Royal Family are thought to have been invited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Speaking to the Mirror at the time, royal author Tom Quinn said: &#8220;Shockingly no invitations to Lilibet&#8217;s party were issued to members of the Royal Family&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>const Init=()=>{const interval=setInterval(()=>{if(typeof window.utag_data.consentData!=='undefined'){clearInterval(interval);ExpressApp.Log('[Facebook] consent data',window.utag_data.consentData)\nif(!window.isVendorConsented(window.utag_data.consentData,20,!0)){return!1}\nconst publisherPurposes=window.utag_data.consentData.tcfv2consent?.publisher?.consents\nconst consentPurposes=window.utag_data.consentData.tcfv2consent?.purpose?.consents\nif(!publisherPurposes[1]||!publisherPurposes[2]||!publisherPurposes[3]||!publisherPurposes[4]||!consentPurposes[1]||!consentPurposes[2]||!consentPurposes[3]||!consentPurposes[4]){return!1}\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','331470507705028');fbq('trackSingle','331470507705028','PageView')}else{ExpressApp.Log('[Facebook] Facebook is waiting for consent data')}},100)}\nif(typeof flagTcfLoaded!=='undefined'&&flagTcfLoaded){Init()}else{document.addEventListener('tcfLoaded',()=>{Init()})}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince William and Princess Catherine sent a sweet gift to their niece Princess Lilibet following her birth in 2021, a new royal book has revealed. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry welcomed their daughter a year after stepping down as working royals and moving to begin a new life in California. 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