Prince Harry’s 40th birthday shout-out from the royal family wasn’t something he sought as a “reward” for not dropping new bombshells on the Firm, sources tell The Post.

Meghan Markle was cropped out of the photo shared by the royal family to celebrate Prince Harry’s 40th birthday. The picture of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex was taken at DogPatch during their overseas trip to Dublin, Ireland in 2018 while they were still working royals.

Britain’s Royal family has publicly wished Prince Harry a happy birthday to mark his 40th, breaking two years of silence.

The most senior members of the British royal family acknowledged Prince Harry's birthday on social media for the first time in three years on Sunday. In two separate posts shared online, the account for King Charles wrote,

The royal family cropped Meghan Markle out of a photo they posted to celebrate Harry’s birthday — or the dig was totally unintentional.

A neighbour has voiced his opinion about living next door to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in Montecito, California.

Buckingham Palace surprisingly wished Prince Harry a happy 40th birthday on its social channels on Sunday, September 15. However, among the pleasant surprise was a notice of omission directed at King Charles III and Queen Camilla regarding the Duke's wife,

Prince William, Kate Middleton, and King Charles made headlines on Sunday when they unexpectedly shared congratulatory birthday messages as Prince Harry turned 40. While some took the surprise gesture as an olive branch amidst their ongoing family feud–none of the royals have publicly wished Harry a happy birthday since 2021–some also accused the palace of subtly shading Meghan Markle with the image they chose.