Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, are celebrating eight years of marriage today, and in addition to posting throwback photos of their wedding day, Meghan shared multiple videos to her Instagram story, showing the small family celebration with Meghan, Prince Harry, Prince Archie of Sussex and Princess Lilibet of Sussex (although the children are not shown on camera).
The first of the series of videos shows Prince Harry holding a cake with several candles lit and singing a “happy anniversary” song to Meghan/”Mama,” alongside Lilibet and Archie (with Meghan chiming in to add Harry, or “Papa,” to the song as well). In the background, one of the two kids—although it isn’t clear whether it’s Lilibet or Archie—can be heard chanting, “Blow them! Blow them” about the candles and then cheering as they are blown out.
The next video shows an anniversary gift from Harry to Meghan, which is a piece of art depicting two penguins huddled together. In the video, Meghan can be heard having an emotional response to the gift and then explaining to her children that penguins are significant to the couple because they mate for life. She also shares the story that, after becoming engaged, the couple threw a party with their friends and dressed up in matching penguin onesies together.
A follow-up video on Meghan’s story also shows an envelope with the words “The one and only” written on the front, presumably a card from Prince Harry to Meghan.
The videos are followed by several photos on Meghan’s Instagram story related to the family celebration, the first of which shows Harry and Meghan standing together in front of the cake, with text describing that it is a “lemon elderflower cake.” A card to “Mama + Papa” can also be seen on the table in front of the cake.
The Instagram stories about their celebration end with an old photo of Harry and Meghan dressed as penguins together at their engagement party.
This story was originally published by Parade on May 19, 2026, where it first appeared in the News section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.