Meghan Markle and Prince Harry celebrated their daughter Princess Lilibet's fourth birthday with a magical trip to Disneyland, complete with a specially themed birthday cake.
The Duchess of Sussex, 43, documented the family celebration on Instagram last week, sharing glimpses of their two-day visit to the California theme park.
The social media posts included a video montage showing the family of four enjoying various attractions and indulging in theme park treats like corndogs.
A particularly notable moment captured in the footage was Lilibet's birthday cake, which featured a Little Mermaid theme.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry celebrated their daughter Princess Lilibet's fourth birthday with a magical trip to Disneyland, complete with a specially themed birthday cake.
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The confection was adorned with pastel blue frosting and topped with a figure of Princess Ariel, the red-haired Disney character, positioned on the uppermost tier of the elaborate birthday dessert.
The cake selection carried particular meaning in light of the Duchess's revelations during her explosive 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey.
During that conversation, which aired a year after the couple's departure from royal duties, Meghan drew a direct comparison between herself and the Disney mermaid princess.
The parallel emerged when Meghan recounted watching the animated film whilst residing at Nottingham Cottage. "I was sitting in Nottingham cottage and The Little Mermaid came on," she told Oprah during the interview.
The cake was adorned with pastel blue frosting and topped with a figure of Princess Ariel, the red-haired Disney character.
Meghan found herself struck by the storyline's resemblance to her own experiences within the Royal Family.
"And who as an adult really watches The Little Mermaid but it came on and I was like, 'Well I'm here all the time I might as well watch this,'" Meghan explained to the broadcaster.
"And I went, 'Oh my God she falls in love with the prince and because of that she loses her voice,'" the Duchess continued, drawing the connection to her own circumstances as a senior royal.
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Meghan found herself struck by the storyline's resemblance to her own experiences within the Royal Family.
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The Disney story depicts Ariel trading her voice to the sea witch Ursula in exchange for legs, allowing her to pursue Prince Eric on land.
"But in the end she gets her voice back," Meghan noted during the interview, referencing how Ariel ultimately defeats Ursula and regains her ability to speak.
When Oprah observed, "And this is what happened here. You feel like you got your voice back," following the couple's 2020 relocation to California, Meghan simply replied: "Yeah."
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