MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry’s newborn baby daughter Lilibet Diana is set to enjoy a host of A-list play dates with the likes of Katy Perry and Serena Williams’ kids.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced today that the baby girl was born on Friday, the first of Queens’s great-grandchildren to be born outside of the UK.
After Meghan and Harry’s permanent relocation to their $14millon mansion in Montecito, California, Lilibet is set to spend more time with the children of A-list celebrities than a circle of cousins in the UK.
Among them are Orlando Bloom, 44, and Katy Perry, 36, who welcomed their daughter Daisy Dove in August 2020.
The couple lives “just down the road” from Meghan and Harry, the prince told Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert show last month.
Harry claims that he and Bloom became close after the actor tipped him off to a photographer in the area.
He says the pair “keep in touch” over text.
Another potential play date for Lilibet is the three-year-old daughter of Serena Williams and her husband Alexis Ohanian.
Alexis, known as Olympia, spends most of her time in Florida with her parents but Serena and Meghan frequently travel to support each other.
Meghan flew to New York to cheer Serena on in the US Open in 2019 after the tennis star traveled to the UK for her wedding.
Lilibet may have a pal closer in age in the daughter of her mom’s best friend Misha Nonoo.
The fashion designer revealed she is expecting last February just weeks after Meghan’s own announcement.
The Brit, who also had a son named Leo in March 2020, is located in New York but said that the Duchess of Sussex gave her advice during her first pregnancy.
She and oil heir husband Mikey Hess are also rumored to be looking to relocate to California, according to DailyMail.com.
Actress Katharine McPhee and music producer David Foster are also rumored to be looking to move from Los Angeles to a spot closer to Meghan and Harry.
The couples are friends and have been spotted out together a number of times.
They welcomed a son Rennie in February.
Prince Harry’s childhood friend Tom ‘Skippy’ Inskip is also currently living on the east coast with his wife Lara and son Arthur.
And Meghan’s pal Jessica Mulroney is located in Toronto with her three children.
If Meghan and Harry do ever head back to the UK, Lilibet would have a group of cousins her own age.
They include Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank’s son August who was born in February as well as Zara and Mike Tindall’s son Lucas.
The Tindalls also have a two-year-old daughter named Lena and seven-year-old Mia.
Meghan’s college best friend Lindsay Roth is also located in London with her sons, Alexander, two, and James, one, and husband Gavin.
Meghan and Harry gushed their baby girl was “more than we could have ever imagined” as they announced the birth.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex kept their daughter’s birth a secret for two days – before revealing their touching tribute to the Queen and Diana.
Meghan Markle had her second child at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital on Friday at 11.40am.
A statement announced today confirmed the baby girl weighed 7lbs 11oz and “both mother and child are healthy and well and settling in at home”.
Her name Lilibet is a touching nod to her great-grandmother the Queen, who was affectionately called the nickname by her family.
The couple also honored Harry’s “beloved” late mother Princess Diana with the baby’s middle name.
The Queen, Prince Charles, Prince William, and Kate Middleton have congratulated Meghan and Harry on the birth of their daughter.
Her Majesty and the royals tonight said they were “delighted” at the news and made a touching tribute to the couple and their baby girl.
