Kate Middleton's heartfelt confession about Harry and Meghan's daughter Princess Lilibet

Prince Harry is set to return to the UK this week but it seems his wife Meghan and their two children will not be with him. Since the couple stepped back as working Royals and made a permanent base in California, relationships with other members of the Royal Family have been strained.

That also seems to have been the case when young Princess Lilibet was born in June 2021 - just three months after the couple's bombshell Oprah interview. Catherine, Princess of Wales was asked about the new baby at the time.

When quizzed on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's new arrival, Kate Middleton said: "I wish her all the very best. I can't wait to meet her. We haven't met her yet. I hope that will be soon."

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The Duchess of Cambridge made her comments during a panel discussion with First Lady Jill Biden about the importance of early childhood education on June 11, 2021. Kate was also asked if she had seen Lilibet via FaceTime or video call, Mirror reports.

She said she had not yet seen Princess Lilibet online. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex welcomed their baby girl on June 4 at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, announcing her birth two days later.

A note from the couple read: "On June 4, we were blessed with the arrival of our daughter Lili. She is more than we could have ever imagined and we remain grateful for the love and prayers we've felt from across the globe.

"Thank you for your continued kindness and support during this very special time for our family." It is thought that the late Queen met Princess Lilibet when Harry and Meghan returned to the UK for her Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

The Queen died just three months later at the age of 96. According to a royal expert, Harry insisted on a professional photo of his daughter with the monarch at that time - something the Queen reportedly declined.

Writing in the Telegraph, royal expert Camilla Tominey said: "When the couple made another beeline for Windsor Castle, travelling straight there after landing at Farnborough Airport, she refused their request to have professional photographs taken with Archie, three, and her namesake Lilibet, one.

"Claiming she had a bloodshot eye, she adroitly denied the Sussexes the photo opportunity they craved. Harry was 'persistent', according to those party to the meeting, expressing a desire to get an official snap of the two Lilibets together at some point in the future. But of course, it was never to be. She died three months later."

Harry and Meghan named their daughter after the Queen, giving her the monarch's childhood nickname Lilibet. The couple said at the time they would not have used the name without the Queen's blessing, with lawyers telling news organisations to drop 'defamatory' suggestions to the contrary.

But according to Daily Mail writer Robert Hardman's biography Charles III: New King, New Court, a palace insider said the Queen was 'as angry as I'd ever seen her' over claims she had given her blessing for the girl's name choice.

Hardman wrote: "One privately recalled that Elizabeth II had been 'as angry as I'd ever seen her' in 2021 after the Sussexes announced that she had given them her blessing to call their baby daughter 'Lilibet', the Queen's childhood nickname. The couple subsequently fired off warnings of legal action against anyone who dared to suggest otherwise, as the BBC had done.

"However, when the Sussexes tried to co-opt the Palace into propping up their version of events, they were rebuffed. Once again, it was a case of 'recollections may vary' - the late Queen's reaction to the Oprah Winfrey interview - as far as Her Majesty was concerned. Those noisy threats of legal action duly evaporated and the libel actions against the BBC never materialised."