Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s attempt to "build bridges and move on" has come "far too late," a royal commentator has suggested. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been faced with a series of bruising setbacks amid their apparent "charm offensive".

Prince Harry and Prince Andrew are portrayed in historian Andrew Lownie's new book as being quite adversarial toward each other. Their main beef, at least according to the book, is over Harry's wife Meghan Markle.

The royal, who turned 44 on Monday, took to Instagram the following day to post a snap showing her blowing out the candles on a cake adorned with yellow flowers. In the accompanying caption, Meghan credited her husband,