Prince Harry turns 40 today!

I love this photo.

This will buy a lot of raw materials for the jam factory.

I am willing to suck Prince Harry's circumcised Royal rod as a birthday present.

I can only imagine the immense sadness Harry and William were feeling at this time.

Just look at their faces.

They're both devastated.

Mutilated inside and out.

So does the money get direct deposited into his bank account, or does he get one of those giant checks like you get from Publisher's Clearinghouse?

We don't know anything about this supposed trust and the amount depends upon what it was invested in.

[quote] Prince William and King Charles Wish Prince Harry Happy 40th Birthday in Surprise Gesture amid Ongoing Rift

Prince Harry has received some unexpected royal birthday wishes.

The Duke of Sussex turned 40 on Sunday, Sept. 15, and his milestone birthday was celebrated by both his father, King Charles, 76, and his brother Prince William, 42, in posts on social media, marking the first time the royal family has publicly acknowledged Harry’s birthday since 2021.

On the official Royal Family social media accounts, which are run by King Charles' office at Buckingham Palace, a post celebrated Harry's milestone birthday with a simple message.

" 🎂 Wishing The Duke of Sussex a very happy 40th birthday today!,” the caption of the post read, alongside a photograph of the Duke smiling.

Meanwhile, the Prince and Princess of Wales shared the Royal Family's post on their own Instagram Stories account and on X (formerly Twitter), adding their own celebratory message.

"Wishing a Happy 40th Birthday to the Duke of Sussex," the caption above the photo read.

PEOPLE understands Harry will mark his 40th birthday on Sunday, Sept. 15, with a private celebration in Montecito, surrounded by family and friends. Harry is then expected to continue the festivities abroad with close friends.

The celebratory posts come as a surprise, as public birthday wishes are usually reserved for working royals—though occasionally made for milestone birthdays. Given the ongoing rift between Harry and his brother, as well as his strained relationship with their father, many see these first birthday messages in years as a potential olive branch from King Charles and Prince William.

In July, sources told PEOPLE that Harry’s calls and letters to King Charles, go unanswered, and his attempts to connect with Prince William — through texts, calls, and messages — were similarly ignored.

However, while the royal insider noted that the rift with Prince William was "very bad,” they added that it was not "irreparable."

MINE!

thats the best hair photoshop i've ever seen

R6 LOL

40s an unusually old age to inherit a trust. Was the Queen Mother talking to clairvoyants between downing litres of alcohol?

Prick Hairy Turns Farty Today!

And quite suddenly, Meaghan loves him again.

HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY TO THE DUKE OF SUSSEX! ENJOY YOUR BIRTHDAY WHILE REMAINING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLANET!

He was cute!

Where is the source of this information about an inheritance from his Great Grandmother?

It's a theory that has taken on a life of its own, r17. It's also rather confused about aspects of British inheritance tax law.

My great granny was a gin tossing snooker ringer

Here's a UK government link to the extremely complicated tax rules regarding trusts set up for inheritance tax purposes. Note: these are not the kind of trust funds that parents set up for their kids when they come of age, as Americans understand them.

It also doesn't make sense to me - as is often claimed - that the Queen Mother waited to the age of 94 to set up this trust, as if she died within 7 years - which is extremely likely for most people around that age - then inheritance tax would still have been paid at the regular 40%.

r17 I've never been clear where anyone gets that large a figure just for Harry from. The Queen Mother set up a trust in 1994 reasonably guessed at £19 million for ALL her great grandchildren (she had 8 when she died since Edward was still unclear on how sex with women worked). If that $10 million figure is even close to right either the money has been invested VERY well. Or Harry is walking off with the majority of the trusts money.

Op, shouldn’t that be £10.000.000?

^Unless you’re going to perfectly translate that you are forbidden from bringing it up

Will he celebrate by lubing his cock up with his mother's favourite skin cream?

It's astonishing to think that you thought that would pass for wit, r24.

R25 It's astonishing to think that your life is so utterly devoid of meaning and purpose. Probably why you admire Harry so much.

Probably, r24.

[quote] The Queen Mother set up a trust in 1994

Harry would have only been 10 years old at that time.

Maybe she felt sorry for him because he was just a little kid, whose parents had just divorced.

She could probably see trouble for him down the road, but she had no idea that just three years later, his mother would be dead.

[quote] Meghan Markle Cropped Out of Photo in Royal Family’s Online 40th Birthday Tribute to Prince Harry

A royal snub? Meghan Markle was cropped out of the photo the royal family used in their social media tributes wishing Prince Harry a happy 40th birthday on Sunday, September 15.

Harry, 40, was seen wearing a gray jacket and white shirt while smiling brightly in the picture chosen for his milestone birthday. "Wishing The Duke of Sussex a very happy 40th birthday today!" the caption read on the royal family's official Instagram and X accounts.

Two glasses were seen on the table in front of the duke, and Meghan, 43, was seated to Harry's left in the original photo. It was taken while the couple were still working members of the British royal family.

The pair were visiting Dublin, Ireland's Dogpatch startup hub on July 11, 2018, during their first royal tour following their May 19, 2018, wedding.

While some royal watchers were surprised the royals gave Harry a birthday shout-out, the family has a policy of wishing members well on milestone birthdays. Even Prince William and Princess Kate Middleton sent Harry well wishes, but only via their X account.

"Wishing a Happy 40th Birthday to The Duke of Sussex!" the couple wrote while reposting the original message and photo shared by the family's main page. William, 42, and Harry have been estranged since November 2018 when the brothers split their official households. The rift got worse when the duke and Meghan stepped down as working royals in January 2020 and moved to California to start a new life.

Things became even more tense between Harry and his entire family after he lobbed accusations against them in a 2021 CBS interview where he claimed they allegedly "leaked" and "planted" stories in the media about him and his wife.

Meghan, who is mixed race, alleged that "several" conversations were had by an unnamed royal family member during her first pregnancy about what color skin tone son Prince Archie would have. Harry made the same claim in the interview, although he said it took place before the pair were married.

Harry's brother, Prince William, responded the following day to reporters who questioned him about the allegations, replying, "We are very much not a racist family."

The duke went on to share private details about William and Kate in his 2023 memoir, Spare. He revealed his brother was uncircumcised and that they had a physical fight about Meghan. Harry also shared a tense private text exchange between Meghan and Kate, 42, over the princess' daughter, Princess Charlotte's, bridesmaid dress at Harry and Meghan's wedding.

The last time Meghan saw Harry's family was for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral in September 2022. The Suits alum has not been back to England since then, except for a brief layover at Heathrow Airport in May while en route to a tour of Nigeria with Harry.

Have her fans considered not everything is about Meghan and they simply posted a picture of him because its his birthday?

Meg will be on the blower to her divorce lawyer once the money safely appears in Harry’s account

Does he get a stack of bills? Is his father's face on them? Bit of an irony there, don't you think?

So the Sussex Squad only gets up in arms if it's the Wales family doing a bit of amateur editing on their own family photos, but if they make Harry have more hair in their birthday post to them, not a peep! Funny, that.