Archie's first birthday revealed: Meghan Markle crafted cake
Archie’s first birthday revealed: Meghan Markle baked a strawberry and cream cake while Prince Harry decorated Tyler Perry’s $18 million mansion with balloons for ‘incredibly joyous day’, source tells People
- Prince Harry, 35, and Meghan Markle, 38, marked Archie’s birthday last week
- Source claimed the Duchess of Sussex crafted a strawberry and cream cake
- Meanwhile the Duke decorated their LA mansion with balloons for the big day
- Zoomed with ‘godparents, friends and family’ to celebrate their son’s birthday
- Royal expert previously said couple would bake an ‘organic and sugar-free cake’
Meghan Markle crafted a strawberry and cream smash cake while Prince Harry decorated their LA mansion with balloons to mark their Archie Mountbatten-Windsor’s first birthday last week, a source told People magazine.
Prince Harry, 35, and Meghan Markle, 38, are currently living in Tyler Perry’s $18 million mansion in Beverly Hills with their son, having officially stepped back from royal duty at the end of March.
Sources have now revealed how the couple crafted a ‘really simple but incredibly joyous’ celebration for their son, with the trio taking time to video call to chat with his godparents and family.
The source explained: ‘Meghan made the cake — strawberries and cream. And Harry helped with decorations and blew up balloons.’
Meghan Markle, 38, baked a strawberry and cream cake for baby Archie’s birthday, while Prince Harry, 35, decorated their LA home with balloons, sources told People magazine
The ‘simple’ and ‘incredibly joyous’ day involved Meghan baking a birthday smash cake for her son with strawberry and cream flavours.
The ‘smash cake’ has been huge in the US for several years and has now taken off in the UK, with celebrities adopting the messy trend. Coleen Rooney celebrated her son Cass’ second birthday with a professional cake smash photo session that she uploaded to her Instagram account earlier this year.
It involves letting a one-year-old loose with a giant cake, usually while being pictured by a professional photographer, creating some cheeky and adorable shots their mothers and fathers can treasure forever.
But babies playing with food can inevitably lead to a big mess – which is why the trend has now moved on to include the little ones having a bath after they have smashed a cake.
The source revealed the family enjoyed a ‘simple’ but ‘incredibly joyous’ day for their son’s first birthday
And the couple are believed to have enjoyed the relaxed day as a trio, although they were joined by the family’s two dogs.
The source added that Archie is ‘best friends with his dogs’, saying: ‘They make him laugh and are gentle with him.’
They also spent time video-calling friends and family, as well as Archie’s godparents, some have whom have never been identified publicly.
Charlie van Straubenzee, Prince Harry’s childhood friend, Tiggy Pettifer, Prince Harry and William’s former nanny, and Mark Dyer, his minder, are the only of Archie’s godparents to be revealed.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex celebrated their son’s birthday at their $18 million Beverly Hills mansion
The confidantes were relatively unknown figures among a star-studded pool of candidates touted to fill the role, which included Meghan’s celebrity friends Serena Williams, Misha Nonoo, Jessica Mulroney and makeup artist Daniel Martin.
Royal expert Kate Nicholl previously claimed Harry and Meghan planned to treat Archie to an ‘organic, sugar-free cake’, followed by a splash around in their pool and a video call with the Cambridge children as part of his birthday celebrations.
She told OK! magazine the duchess would be keen to whip up a birthday cake for her little-one, adding that she ‘loves being creative in the kitchen’.
Meanwhile the couple also spent time video-calling Archie’s godparents, which include Prince Harry’s former nanny Tiggy Pettifer (left). Meghan’s close friend and former stylist Jessica Mulroney is also rumoured to be one of her son’s godmothers (right)
To mark their son’s birthday last week, Meghan and Prince Harry shared a video as the Duchess read a storybook to Archie
But far from a sweet and sugary treat for Archie, the royal expert said it would likely be ‘organic’, ‘possibly sugar-free’ and ‘suitably healthy’ for the family.
The expert also said that despite recent tensions between the families, the Sussexes would video-call the Cambridges so that the cousins could see each other on the big day.
Meanwhile the royal expert also said it was unlikely the little royal would be showered with gifts on the big day, saying that he ‘has everything he needs’.
She added that the couple would likely appreciate presents ‘with meaning’, such as donations to children’s charities.
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