Meghan Markle is celebrating her and Prince Harry’s daughter, Princess Lilibet, on International Women’s Day.
“For the woman she will one day be … Happy International Women’s Day,” Meghan, 44, wrote via Instagram on Sunday, March 8, noting that the photo was taken by Harry, 41. “📸: Papa Sussex.”
In the snap, Meghan is seen kissing Lilibet, 4, as the mother-daughter duo sat on a rock overlooking the ocean while enjoying a beach outing.
Meghan and Harry tied the knot in 2018 at St George’s Chapel in Windsor, England, and went on to welcome son Prince Archie and daughter Lilibet in 2019 and 2021, respectively.
The pair have since given glimpses of their life in Montecito, California, where they relocated in 2020 after stepping down from their duties as senior working royals. In February, Meghan shared a sweet photo of Harry smiling as he held Lilibet, who was holding onto several red balloons.
“These two + Archie = my forever Valentines,” Meghan wrote via Instagram at the time.
While recalling how she and Harry ended up in their Montecito home, Meghan told New York Magazine’s The Cut in 2022 that the twosome had been “looking in this area” and “this house kept popping up online in searches.”
“We didn’t have jobs, so we just were not going to come and see this house. It wasn’t possible. It’s like when I was younger and you’re window shopping. It’s like, ‘I don’t want to go and look at all the things that I can’t afford. That doesn’t feel good,’” she said.
Samir Hussein/WireImage Meghan Markle shared a rare glimpse of her husband, Prince Harry, bonding with daughter Lilibet. In the image, Harry, 40, pressed a kiss to Lilibet’s head, as the toddler sat in his lap. The pair were seated on a boat, with Lilibet, 3, turned away from the camera. (Harry and Meghan, 43, are […]
The couple ultimately toured the property and fell in love with the home.
“One of the first things my husband saw when we walked around the house was those two palm trees,” Meghan told the outlet. “They’re connected at the bottom. He goes, ‘My love, it’s us.’ And now every day when Archie goes by us, he says, ‘Hi, Momma. Hi, Papa.’”
She continued, “You walk in [to the house] and go … joy. And exhale. And calm. It’s healing. You feel free.”
In the years since, Meghan has gushed that the community has welcomed their family with open arms. Meghan noted that she has a “couple of girlfriends up here,” who are “stay-at-home moms and working women with normal jobs, not in the public eye.”
“Once you know us, I think you want us to have the same normalcy as parents and for our children as they do, despite however unique our situation is,” Meghan told People in 2025.
