Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Archie celebrated Prince Philip's birthday with a very special phone call

Happy Birthday to HRH!

Getty Images

Prince Philip celebrated his birthday this week, with the Duke of Edinburgh turning the grand old age of 99-years-old.

Other than posting a series of rare photographs of the royal family to mark the day, the royal family are reported to have celebrated in a very ‘low key’ way, with the traditional gun salute cancelled.

View this post on Instagram

This new photograph of The Duke of Edinburgh and The Queen was taken last week in the quadrangle at Windsor Castle to mark His Royal Highness’s 99th birthday tomorrow. . Copyright: Press Association

A post shared by The Royal Family (@theroyalfamily) on Jun 9, 2020 at 2:35pm PDT

This did not stop Prince Philip’s family members from celebrating however, with multiple members of the Mountbatten-Windsors taking to social media to pay tribute.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were not among the royals to post publicly about Prince Philip, with the Sussex family currently on a break from social media.

Announcing their stepping away from Instagram, Harry and Meghan posted to their 11.3 million followers: ‘What’s most important right now is the health and wellbeing of everyone across the globe and finding solutions for the many issues that have presented themselves as a result of this pandemic. As we all find the part we are to play in this global shift and changing of habits, we are focusing this new chapter to understand how we can best contribute. While you may not see us here, the work continues.’

View this post on Instagram

As we can all feel, the world at this moment seems extraordinarily fragile. Yet we are confident that every human being has the potential and opportunity to make a difference—as seen now across the globe, in our families, our communities and those on the front line—together we can lift each other up to realise the fullness of that promise. What’s most important right now is the health and wellbeing of everyone across the globe and finding solutions for the many issues that have presented themselves as a result of this pandemic. As we all find the part we are to play in this global shift and changing of habits, we are focusing this new chapter to understand how we can best contribute. While you may not see us here, the work continues. Thank you to this community – for the support, the inspiration and the shared commitment to the good in the world. We look forward to reconnecting with you soon. You’ve been great! Until then, please take good care of yourselves, and of one another. Harry and Meghan

A post shared by The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (@sussexroyal) on Mar 30, 2020 at 9:17am PDT

Their statement continued: ‘Thank you to this community – for the support, the inspiration and the shared commitment to the good in the world. We look forward to reconnecting with you soon. You’ve been great! Until then, please take good care of yourselves, and of one another.’

It has been reported however that Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and baby Archie all spoke to Prince Philip on the phone to wish him a happy birthday in a sweet personal call.

Happy birthday Prince Philip!

The post Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Archie celebrated Prince Philip's birthday with a very special phone call appeared first on Marie Claire.

from Marie Claire https://ift.tt/3feY5CU