Prince Harry Turns 41: Meghan Markle Shares Sweet Throwback in His Honor

Birth­day with Meghan’s Sweet Trib­ute

Prince Har­ry rang in his 41st birth­day on Mon­day, Sept. 15, and Meghan Markle marked the occa­sion in her sig­na­ture heart­felt — and slight­ly cheeky — style. The Duchess of Sus­sex shared a throw­back snap of her hus­band on Insta­gram, tak­en a decade ago dur­ing his 31st birth­day vis­it to Good­wood Aero­drome in 2015, when he com­mem­o­rat­ed the 75th anniver­sary of the Bat­tle of Britain.

In the pho­to, Har­ry wears a green jump­suit embla­zoned with the name “Har­ry Wales,” the sur­name he and his broth­er Prince William used through­out school and their mil­i­tary ser­vice, derived from their father King Charles’ for­mer title as Prince of Wales.

Along­side the pho­to, Meghan, 44, play­ful­ly cap­tioned: “Oh hi, Birth­day Boy 🔥” — a mes­sage that quick­ly drew love from fans who adore the couple’s mod­ern, affec­tion­ate approach to roy­al life.

Since launch­ing her Insta­gram account ear­li­er this year, Meghan has used the plat­form to cel­e­brate mile­stones and share glimpses of her fam­i­ly life — from Father’s Day trib­utes to Har­ry, to birth­day wish­es for their chil­dren, Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lili­bet, 4. In Feb­ru­ary, she even post­ed a roman­tic Valentine’s Day mes­sage along­side a black-and-white snap­shot of the cou­ple kiss­ing, writ­ing:

“Back home tak­ing care of our babies, and miss­ing my Valen­tine, as he con­tin­ues on at the Invic­tus Games, chang­ing lives and remind­ing all of us of the pow­er of heal­ing and resilience through these incred­i­ble vet­er­ans and their fam­i­lies. Beyond proud of my hus­band and what he’s cre­at­ed.”

The Duchess sweet­ened her words with a promise of for­ev­er: “My love, I will eat burg­ers & fries and fish & chips with you for­ev­er. Thank you for you.” She closed with the hash­tag #lovewins, a nod to her 2018 roy­al wed­ding speech, and signed off as “As ever, M” — fore­shad­ow­ing her lifestyle brand, As Ever.

Prince Har­ry and Meghan mar­ried in May 2018 and wel­comed their son, Archie, a year lat­er. Their daugh­ter, Lili­bet, was born in June 2021 after the cou­ple stepped back from roy­al duties and moved to Cal­i­for­nia.

Most recent­ly, Meghan sup­port­ed Har­ry at the Invic­tus Games Van­cou­ver Whistler 2025, the sev­enth edi­tion of the adap­tive sports com­pe­ti­tion he found­ed in 2014 for wound­ed, injured, and sick ser­vice mem­bers and vet­er­ans. Speak­ing exclu­sive­ly to PEOPLE at the Games, Har­ry shared how much Meghan’s pres­ence means to him and how their time in Cana­da — where their love sto­ry began — feels like a full-cir­cle moment.

With Meghan’s lat­est birth­day trib­ute, it’s clear the cou­ple con­tin­ues to write their own chap­ter filled with love, resilience, and part­ner­ship, far beyond palace walls.