Meghan Markle and Prince Harry set to follow tradition with Princess Lilibet to mark milestone

During Prince Archie's fifth birthday festivities last month, Harry and Meghan did not release any new pictures or videos, preferring to celebrate privately at their Montecito home.

This strategy will likely be continued for Princess Lilibet's birthday.

In contrast, their second cousins Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, nine, and Prince Louis, six, mark their birthdays with new portraits every year.

The pictures are normally taken by Princess Kate, 42, who is a self-described "amateur photographer".

However, Harry, 39, and Meghan, 42, stepped down as working royals in 2020 and settled in the US to carry out normal working lives.

Therefore, their children are raised much more privately than the Waleses'.

Clips from Archie and Lilibet's past birthdays were included in the Sussexes' docuseries, Harry & Meghan, released in 2022 on Netflix.

These videos showed the American children enjoying celebrations in California alongside the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their grandmother, Doria Ragland.

Keeping Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet private means that Meghan's upcoming Netflix programme, which is tied to her American Riviera Orchard brand, will be filmed away from the family home in Montecito.

Meghan's project will show the "joys of cooking and gardening, entertaining and friendship".

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Harry is also filming a project as part of the couple's £100m deal with the streaming giant.

The Duke of Sussex will focus on polo as he takes a look behind the scenes of the sport.

Archie and Lilibet have not returned to the UK since the summer of 2022, when they travelled with their parents for Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee.