The Duchess of Sussex has marked her husband’s 41st birthday by sharing a nostalgic image of Prince Harry taken a year before the couple first met.

Posted on Instagram on Monday, the photograph captures Harry on his 31st birthday in 2015, sporting a green flying suit emblazoned with “Harry Wales” – a nod to his father’s then-title as the Prince of Wales.

The accompanying caption simply read: “Oh hi, Birthday Boy”, alongside a flame emoji.

The Duke of Sussex was pictured at Goodwood Aerodrome, where he was commemorating 75 years since the Battle of Britain, witnessing approximately 40 Spitfires, Hurricanes, and Bristol Blenheim bombers take flight from the West Sussex site.

On Sunday, Meghan shared a picture of two glasses of rosé wine from her ‘As Ever’ collection, with the caption “when your beau is back in town”.

It was widely interpreted as a subtle acknowledgement of Harry’s return to the US.

The duke spent four days in the UK on a solo trip last week.

He joined his father, King Charles, for a private tea late on Wednesday afternoon, spending 54 minutes with him at Clarence House after not seeing him face to face for 19 months.

The duke said in an interview published on Sunday that his “conscience is clear” after speaking out against members of the royal family as he defended his controversial memoir Spare.

Speaking to The Guardian during a surprise visit to Ukraine’s Kyiv, Harry told the newspaper his autobiography, published in 2023, was a “series of corrections to stories already out there”.

The 41-year-old said he would like to spend more time in the UK and that the past week had “definitely brought that closer”.

Harry told The Guardian: “I know that (speaking out) annoys some people and it goes against the narrative. The book? It was a series of corrections to stories already out there.

“One point of view had been put out and it needed to be corrected.”

He added: “I don’t believe that I aired my dirty laundry in public. It was a difficult message, but I did it in the best way possible. My conscience is clear.”