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These Travel Theme Cake Tutorials teach you how to make travel inspired cakes for people who love travelling or for a person who travels a lot

This travel inspired cake is the perfect birthday cake for a Pilot, Airhostess or any travel enthusiast. From making a airplane to a suit case, we doing it all using cake

Here are a few tutorials from artist around the world on travel inspired theme cakes. Learn how to make mini fondant toppers or sculpt a cake from the below tutorials.

Suitcase Cake | Travel Themed First Birthday Cake by Areesa

travel love cake by Rasnabakes Elearning

travel themed birthday party by Rasnabakes Elearning

World Map Cake | Globe Cake by I Love Cakes

Luggage Cake Tutorial by Caking And Baking

How to make a fondant Suitcase or Briefcase Topper tutorial by Nim’s Choco Fantasy

Travel the World Cake by Happy Baker Delights

Aeroplane Cake Topper by Cooking channels

Aviation Cake & Cupcakes by I Love Cakes

HOW TO MAKE AN EASY FONDANT AEROPLANE TOPPER by Cake me away (learn how to carve a plane from cake from scratch with this helpful tutorial)

Images For Inspiration

These Travel inspired cakes are perfect for people who want to travel the world or enjoy doing so. These cakes are made by incredible artists from around the world with different themes like a suitcake, globe, airplane, etc

So seek ideas from their creativity and get inspired for your next cake project on travel inspired theme cakes

Cakes by – celejor , dulcepastel , Urvi Zaveri , Shilpa Kerkar , cake loves me , Dulcepastel.com , Sabrina Di Clemente , tasty layers , Marie , Cakey Cake , Kevin Martin

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I was asked to design a birthday cake for a customer to give to  her 81 year old best friend and her own daughter, which share the same birthday. She wanted something that everyone would be talking about for a while, as that is what her best friend did for her on her birthday. She knew she wanted something traveling themed because they had all three traveled to various places around the world. We sat down and designed a vintage suitcase with a passport, luggage tags and vintage stickers to show where they have been. When she picked it up she was so overjoyed that she was almost brought to tears and fave me a big hug.

From the moment I sat down with Ligia I felt as if I had known her for years and listening to her amazing stories of where she had traveled touched my heart more than she will realize. I’ve said this before and i’ll say it again, I have the best customers out there!

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For as long as I can remember, birthdays meant a date with my mom’s irresistible double-decker Devil’s Food chocolate cake, with her famous (to us) chocolate icing on top. She never failed in this consistent brand of love, making this classic cake for every family member, plus my dad’s nurses, our special friends and neighbors all through the yea…

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How to Travel with Cakes in Hot Weather & 20 Must-Read Tips

Transporting cakes from one location to another is tricky enough but in hot weather, this task can be a downright nightmare to do.

Don’t worry we got 20 easy tips to prevent your beautiful cake creation from becoming a soggy puddle.

Tips to Preventing your Cake from Melting in the Heat

• Weather Proof your frosting by increasing its stability or by using a frosting with more heat resistance. (Some frostings tend to hold their shape better than some in hot weather e.g buttercream and fondant) Keep reading to learn how to weatherproof your frosting.
• Use Colors that are neutral and won’t bleed easily e.g white and ivory (this is important for summer weddings)
• Use wafer paper to make flowers instead of frosting sheets: Wafer Paper is more resistant to heat whereas high temperatures tend to melt frosting sheets.
• Allow your frosted cake to be refrigerated properly before transporting your cake.
• Removing the cake from the refrigerator at the very last moment before transporting it to the venue.
• Have a second person with you when transporting the cake in a vehicle
• Make a portable refrigerator
• Fill a separate box with Ice packets and place the cake box into the second box to keep the cake’s temperature cool.
• Use dry ice to keep the cake frosting from melting.
• Startup your vehicle’s AC unit for 10 minutes and allow it to circulate properly before putting the cake into the vehicle.
• Plan the pathway to walk while carrying the cake. Look for areas that have extra shade and are free of any obstacles.
• Get a car window shade for un-tinted vehicle windows.
• Carry a cake repair kit.
• Carry extra flowers, cake toppers to disguise any bumps or replace any droopy cake decorations.
• For larger cakes store each tier separately and assemble at the venue site. Also, even smaller cakes with fragile cake toppers can be placed on the cake at the venue.
• Avoid direct sunlight on the cake.
• Use a cake carrier to maintain moisture in the cake.
• Drive carefully. Leave on time so you won’t be tempted to rush on the way to the event.
• This tip is for when the cake reaches the destination. The cake should be kept in the refrigerator until the moment it needs to be on display.
• While on display, if you are going to an indoor venue the temperature of the venue should be 72 degrees Fahrenheit. If the venue is outdoors a canopy of some sort should be over the cake protecting the cake from direct sunlight.

Below I have a detailed and in-depth guide on the Tips and tricks listed above.

1. How to Make Your Frosting Weatherproof

Here are some tips and tricks to help the frosting of your choice to maintain its shape and design even in the hottest of days.

1- Now if you decide to go with Whipped Cream as a frosting or topping you should use unflavored gelatin to stabilize it .

The gelatin adds firmness to your whipped cream frosting. Citation

You see when you are whipping your frosting you are essentially just adding air into the frosting now you can strengthen it by adding the gelatin which would give the whipped cream a thicker consistency which makes it harder to melt. Citation .

2- Use frostings that hold their shape better in hot weather

Example Fondant has a lower fat content and it’s often stabilized by gelatin, so it tends to hold up the best in the heat.

Butter Cream frosting is another great option too and its ingredients can be tweaked to become more heat resistant as well.

How to Make Buttercream Frosting More Heat Resistant.

Below are some ways of making buttercream more heat resistant and increase its stability. You can do so by:

• substituting part of the butter with vegetable shortening, which doesn’t melt as quickly as butter and holds its shape better. Butter, the most common frosting ingredient, melts at 90°F to 95°F. Vegetable shortening stays solid all the way up to 115°F.
• Another tip is to add cornstarch to the buttercream before using it to decorate the cake. Cornstarch, (about two tablespoons per three cups of icing) this makes the icing more stable so it will hold up better in the heat.
• You can also use Powdered milk or melted marshmallows or meringue and mix it well into the buttercream frosting. This adds more body to the frosting as well as an extra flavor enhancer.
• Another solution is to add royal icing sugar to the buttercream frosting. It will give your frosting additional stiffness. (Royal icing sugar is a mixture of meringue powder and confectioner’s sugar.)

What Frostings to Avoid on a Hot Day

Avoid cream cheese frosting and whipped cream frosting.

These types of frosting are made with products that require refrigeration because it can spoil quickly, the frosting then requires refrigeration. If you are transporting cakes for a long-distance don’t risk it.

Don’t use custard or Bavarian cream as a filling for your cakes.

These types of filling are quick to spoil, and in hot weather the process may speed up. So don’t take the risk especially for an outdoor event.

2. What Color to use for Cakes in Hot weather

Have you ever seen those cakes with their beautiful colors all smudged and smeared? It is a heartbreaking sight knowing how much time and energy was put into making a cake just to have the colors melt and blend together..

Now to avoid the colors of your cakes from becoming smudged and smeared I recommend using neutral colors especially for summer weddings. Citation.

• Dark Colored decorations will be the first to run on a cake in warm weather.
• Use neutral colors such as white ivory and cream. These colors even if they get runny won’t be as distinct as red or black. Beware of red and black these colors are quick to become runny.

3. Best Type of edible paper to use in hot weather

Edible paper is extremely fragile especially when it comes to heat and humidity.

Wafer Paper maintains its shape better than frosting sheets which melt when exposed to heat. Use Wafer paper to mold edible objects on your cakes such as flowers, butterflies, etc. This type of paper is best to use on a hot day where the cake may be exposed to excess heat

To find out more about edible paper read my article on the subject A comprehensive must-read guide to edible paper

4. Have your cake cooled, stored and refrigerated well before you start traveling it.

Cakes are best served at room temperature but on a hot day where temperatures are soaring most delivered cakes are refrigerated for as long as possible before making the trip.

This definitely reduces the stress and worry of buttercream and decorations sliding down the edges of your cake. If the preference is to serve the cake at room temperature deliver earlier and give the cake time to come to temperature.

Certain cakes require mandatory refrigeration such as cakes with fresh fruits, mascarpone, cream cheese filling, pastry cream, and lemon curd. These spoil easy and the heat will increase the chance of this happening.

Cakes that have been hand-painted or airbrushed should not be refrigerated because taking them out of the fridge will cause the cake to sweat. Keep these cakes in a cool dry area before transporting them

Some parts of your cake should not be refrigerated for long periods of time e.g chocolate, fondant, and gum-paste.  They draw moisture in the cool conditions of the refrigerator, causing condensation when you pull them out of the refrigeration.

5. Only remove the cake from the refrigerator at the very last moment before transporting it to the venue.

The statement above may seem simple but it is essential that you leave the cake in the refrigerator until you absolutely need to transfer it to its home.

6. Have a second person with you when transporting the cake in a vehicle

Having someone with you while you are transporting the cake is important because:

• They can help you lift it if it’s heavy and would prevent the cake from moving around too much.
• The cake also needs to be monitored carefully while driving and you cannot drive carefully plus monitor a cake.
• Also, someone needs to remain in the vehicle with the AC on at all times to keep the car cool if you need a bathroom break that extra person will have to remain in the car with the cake and the AC switched on.

7. Buy or Make a Portable Refrigerator

I found a really good video to guide see below.

Now can also buy a Car Fridge too which would be more effective at keeping your cakes in good order. Now if you sell cakes for a living I would definitely recommend buying one since you can consider it as an investment.

I recommend the Alpicool Portable Fridge, it’s very effective yet super affordable compared to other brands, you can click here to see the current price for it on Amazon.

8. Fill a separate box with Ice packets and place the cake box into the second box.

You can follow the method used for cutting the box in the video at no.7. This method listed below works best for smaller cakes.

• For this method your cake will have to be in a cake box.
• Get a box a little larger than your cake box and cut it like the video shown above.
• However you will have to cut the lid about 20 cm instead of 10 cm as shown in the video.
• You are cutting it wider than the video because in this method we will be using the lid to place the ice packs under the cake box. Using the lid will be better for insertion as well as the removal of the cake.
• Next, add ice-packs into the shorter part of the box, Add some that are lying flat on the base of the box’s lid and some around the box lid.
• You can fill up zip-lock bags with water and freeze them laying flat, instead of buying ice packs (just make sure they are properly sealed so the water won’t seep out.) This saves a bit of money if you’re on a tight budget.
• Insulate the ice-packs by wrapping them with thick towels so they won’t have direct contact with the cake box or the bigger box. If the ice-packs begin to melt the water will weaken the structure of both boxes. So be careful and monitor the cake carefully.
• After placing the insulted ice-packs in the box, place the cake box inside the lid of the larger box, essentially stacking the cake box on top of the box with the ice then covering it with the top of the bigger box.
• Carefully place the cake on top of the flat ice-packs and cover it with the longer top of the box.
• This Traps all the coldness inside the box.
• Carefully move the box to the vehicle.
• Place a non-skid mat under the box in the car to avoid it from moving around .

9. Use Dry Ice to Keep your Cakes Cool

A Styrofoam cooler or box filled with dry ice can also be used to keep a cake cool on hot days.

Now it must be noted that dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide and care must be taking when using dry ice because it can become dangerous in certain circumstances.

Now I would recommend reading this article before buying dry ice How to use dry ice in a cooler and How to store dry ice .

Wear gloves when you handle the dry ice.

Place a couple of pounds of dry ice in the bottom of your cooler, top with several layers of towels, then the cake.

When transporting the Styrofoam cooler filled with dry ice and the cake open the windows, or make sure you set the air conditioner to bring in the fresh air.

In addition, place it away from you when you’re driving, so the carbon dioxide can get to disperse into the surrounding air and not accumulate in the car which is dangerous.

10. Max out Your AC Unit

You should always start up your vehicle’s AC unit for 10 minutes to allow the cold air to circulate before putting the cake into the vehicle

This is fairly straight forward. You don’t want your cake to be placed in a hot car. The icing will start to melt as soon as it is placed there. Get your AC to pick up and circulate before placing the cake in the car.

11. Plan Your Pathway

You should always have a plan or a good understanding of where your are going to walk while traveling with your cake.

This is common sense but many cakes have been ruined by tripping people and if you’re someone like me who is not great with keeping things balanced I would advise you to stalk out your area before you make the move.

Get someone to help you especially if the cake is very heavy and look for areas that have extra shade and are free of any obstacles to walk with the cake.

12. Get a car window shade for un-tinted vehicle windows

This is self-explanatory. You don’t want the sun’s glare or heat on your cake so buy a window shade for the car windows, that are untinted. So that the sun’s glare won’t peek through and shine directly on your cake.

I found some really budget-friendly car window shades on Amazon, you can click here to see the current price.

13. Carry a cake repair kit

Accidents are bound to happen. On a hot day, the chances increase when it comes to cake transportation. It is always a must for a cake decorator to have a cake repair kit. Most cake repair kits may vary depending on the design of the cake and the frosting used. But most cake repair kits must contain these stables:

• Royal icing
• spare ribbon
• extra flowers
• craft knife
• palette knife
• cocktail sticks
• edible glue and paintbrush
• two Big Angled Spatulas
• Fondant Roller
• Buttercream to Match Cake

14. Carry extra flowers and cake toppers

This is to disguise any bumps or replace any droopy cake decorations caused by the heat.

I like to make additional pieces that can blend in well and hide any imperfections. Just in case you find yourself in a situation with a damaged topper or melted flowers it’s always a good idea to have a backup.

15. For larger cakes store each tier separately and assemble at the venue site

It is difficult to travel with a large cake. On a hot day it is especially hard to keep an assemble large cake cool. You should store each tier in a separate box and try to keep them cool separately while transporting it.

Travel early so you can assemble it at the event without rushing.

Another tip is that if the cake has fragile cake toppers, these toppers can be placed on the cake at the venue instead of traveling with it on the cake. Just be careful to store it carefully in the vehicle too.

16. Avoid direct sunlight on the cake.

Direct sunlight on an already hot day causes your cake’s frosting to melt and toppers to lose their shape. It can also cause the colors on the cake to run and mix together especially bold colors.

Even neutral colors are affected by the sun because it causes the colors to fade. Avoid DIRECT SUNLIGHT and HEAT at all costs.

17. Use a cake carrier to maintain moisture in the cake.

Cake carriers are cheap and reusable plus they help a cake to retain its moisture on hot days. They are best used for transporting small cakes in short distances.

You can click here to see the price for an 10 inch cake carrier on Amazon.

18. Drive carefully.

Leave on time so you won’t be tempted to rush. Drive slowly and avoid all bumps. Trust me you don’t want to slam on the brakes. Chances are the icing will just slide off the cake on to the cake box or carrier. 

Place your  cake  on a flat level surface in the vehicle and use a non-skid  mat under the cake to stop it from moving around.

19. The Cake should be refrigerated when it reaches the event.

The cake should not be left sitting out. It should be refrigerated after the finished decorations are placed on the cake at the event. The cake should be kept in the refrigerator until the very last moment it needs to be on display.

20. What’s The Best Temperature for Cakes when being Displayed

The cake may be on display for hours, depending on the event. You don’t want the cake to get ruined while its on display.

If you are going to an indoor venue arrange for the temperature of the venue to be 72 degrees Fahrenheit .

This is the best temperature for cakes. If the venue is outdoors like a summer wedding, a canopy of some sort should be protecting the cake from direct sunlight and the cake served as soon as possible and leftovers refrigerated.

Azweema Khan has a life long passion for cooking, baking, and experimenting in the kitchen. Her goal with HighKitchenIQ is to pass on her vast knowledge and experience. She is a dedicated writer, researcher and a mom of two little girls.

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How To Travel With A Cake In Your Suitcase

If you travel to visit friends or family, I’m sure you’ve been tempted to take them a cake but the logistics of taking it on a flight or in a fully packed car seem too daunting. In this tutorial I’m going to share the steps and essential packing list to transport a cake in your suitcase, and also how to do this with cupcakes. If you’d prefer to watch a video version of this tutorial, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Of course, you  could  bake, frost and decorate your cake, put it in a cake caddy or cake box, and fly with it on your lap or under the seat in front of you. But if your trips look anything like my family trips, with enough suitcases to move countries even though you’re only going somewhere for a weekend, that’s probably not a realistic option.

If you do choose to travel with a fully decorated cake, use a box at least 4 inches bigger than your cake. This provides there’s enough space around the cake so it doesn’t get damaged if you knock the box or you have to put it through a security scanner at the airport. Use masking tape or a non-slip mat to secure the cake board in place inside the box.

For my method to travel with a cake in your suitcase, the first step is to bake your cake. Bake the cake as normal up to a month before you travel.

Level and divide the cake layers it if you want more layers of cake (and filling!). I strongly suggest drizzling the cake layers with simple syrup to keep them moist, since you’re going to be freezing them and because the cake probably won’t be eaten on the same day you take the layers out of the freezer. Make simple syrup by simmering equal parts of water and sugar until the sugar dissolves and once it cools, brush or drizzle it over your cake layers.

Next, make your frosting. If you’re using my  4 Minute Buttercream  as a filling, assemble your cake now by spreading buttercream onto each cake layer and lining the next layer of cake up evenly on top. This ensures a straight cake.

I don’t recommend assembling before travelling if you’re using fillings that need to be refrigerated (like lemon curd or whipped cream, because they’ll be out of the fridge for several hours while you travel) or if your filling isn’t as stiff as buttercream (for example, pudding or custard or fresh fruit or other unstable or slippery fillings) because your cake won’t be as stable when you travel.

For those fillings, don’t assemble the cake and instead, wrap your cake layers individually in two layers of cling film or saran wrap. You’ll assemble the cake when you get to your destination, where you can buy fresh whipped cream or fruit or whatever else you’re using for the filling.

If you’ve assembled your cake, wrap the entire thing in cling film or Saran Wrap, using 2 layers to make sure it’s airtight and that nothing will leak later.

The cake will be fine in the freezer for up to a month. Individual cake layers will also freeze well for up to a month. Freezing the cake or layers makes them more stable to transport and also means you can prepare ahead of time.

Put your buttercream into a ziploc bag and press it flat, squeezing the air out of the bag before you seal it. The bag will need to fit inside your coolbox (explained later!) so if the ziploc bag is too big, fold it in half before you freeze it.

On the day you travel, take the cake and frosting out of the freezer and place them in a cool box or lunchbox with an icepack, or several icepacks if you can fit them. The cake and frosting will defrost on your journey, so by the time you get there they’ll be thawed and ready for the final steps, but you want this to happen as slowly as possible and that’s the reason for the icepacks.

Prepare the cool box just before you leave the house and place it in your suitcase. This way, the contents will stay cold for as long as possible.

You’ll also need an offset spatula and if you’re going somewhere with no kitchen utensils, you’ll need to pack a plate, which can just be a plastic plate, and ideally a rubber or silicone spatula as well. If you’re going to someone’s house they’ll probably have these things for you to use.

Optionally, you can pack any decorating supplies, like a piping bag and piping tip and sprinkles.

For cupcakes, the steps are very similar. Bake the cupcakes as normal and after they cool, arrange them in a tupperware container.

It’s important that the cupcakes fit snugly in the tupperware so they don’t move around when you travel. If you have space in between the cupcakes you can use scrunched up paper towels to fill the spaces.

This way, even if the tupperware gets shaken around or flipped upside down while you’re travelling, the cupcakes won’t get knocked against the sides of the tupperware or squished against each other.

Make your buttercream and freeze it in a ziploc bag. Freeze your tupperware of cupcakes as well. You could use a large ziplock bag instead but a tupperware will protect them better for travel. Freezing everything keeps them stable, cool and undamaged during transport.

On the day you travel you can either put the cupcakes and frosting in a cool box in your suitcase, like I did with my cake, or if they don’t fit you can wrap them in a plastic bag. I recommend wrapping the plastic bag in a towel so that if there’s any condensation as they defrost, they won’t wet anything in your suitcase. Also pack a piping bag and your favourite piping tip – mine is a Wilton 1M.

When you get to your destination, take the coolbox out of your suitcase and remove the cake and frosting. I’m squeezing my buttercream out of the ziploc bag into a bowl but you can use it straight out of the ziplock bag to minimize tools and the number of dishes to wash up!

If you decided to travel with a cake in your suitcase, put a dollop of frosting onto the middle of your plate and press the cake on top so that it sticks to the frosting.

Now cover the whole cake in frosting using your offset spatula, trying to get an even coating over the cake that’s thicken enough to cover up the cake so you can’t see it through the frosting.

I have a tutorial on  how to get perfectly smooth frosting  but it’s not realistic when you’re working without a turntable and on a plate with these raised edges, which means that even if you took a frosting smoother with you, you wouldn’t be able to line it up straight against the sides of the cake.

Instead of attempting to smooth the frosting, I like to apply texture with a piping bag or with my offset spatula. For this cake I’m making swooshes by swiping my offset spatula up along the frosting from the bottom to the top of the cake, going all around the sides of the cake.

Wipe the offset spatula off on a bowl whenever the frosting starts to build up so that it doesn’t drag dregs of buttercream back onto the cake for the next swoosh. You can try using the back of a spoon for this same technique to get a slightly different shaped texture. Check out my tutorial on  easy ways to frost a cake with different textures that don’t need a turntable  or any special tools, just an offset spatula and a piping bag and tip.

I’m adding some sprinkles as a final touch and voila!

A delicious, homemade cake made with love and easily transported, in this case to Seattle!

If you chose to travel with cupcakes in your suitcase, when you get to your destination the cupcakes and frosting will have thawed.

Squeeze the frosting into your piping bag and pipe swirls of frosting onto the cupcakes.

To make the cupcakes more celebratory, add some sprinkles straight after piping on the buttercream, while it’s still sticky.

You won’t believe how moist and fluffy the cupcakes are after defrosting – I honestly can’t taste the difference between freshly baked cupcakes and ones that have been frozen!

I hope this tutorial was helpful and that you can take a cake or cupcakes with you next time you travel. I took these cupcakes and cake to Seattle, Washington! I’d love to see your experiences… please tag  @britishgirlbakes  in your photos on Instagram or Facebook!

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How Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Are Celebrating Son Prince Archie's 5th Birthday

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have big travel plans this week, but first, they have a birthday boy to celebrate

Stephanie Petit is a Royals Editor, Writer and Reporter at PEOPLE.

Meghan Markle  and  Prince Harry have a 5-year-old son!

Prince Archie turned 5 on May 6, and PEOPLE understands the family is celebrating his birthday privately before the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's upcoming travel plans. Prince Harry, 39, is heading to the U.K. this week for the celebrations surrounding the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games, and Meghan, 42, is set to reunite with her husband later in the week for a visit to Nigeria also spotlighting the sporting competition for veterans and service personnel.

Archie's fifth birthday coincides with the first anniversary of his grandfather King Charles ' coronation. Prince Harry attended his father's crowning ceremony last year, heading to the airport shortly after the event to fly back to California for his son's birthday festivities. Meghan missed the coronation , staying in the U.S., where they moved in 2020 after stepping back as working members of the royal family, with Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet , now 2.

A source told PEOPLE ahead of Archie's fourth birthday that a "low-key" party was planned at the family's home.

"They'll have friends around them and Meghan's mom, Doria [Ragland]. Meghan will definitely have support that weekend," the source said.

Little sister Lilibet was also set to be part of the festivities. "They are so sweet together. Archie loves Lili. He's such a sweet boy. When she's not around, he asks, 'Where's Lili?' " the source added.

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After being born in the U.K., Archie celebrated his first birthday in the U.S. in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. To celebrate the milestone, his parents shared a  sweet video  of their son reading the picture book  Duck! Rabbit!  on Meghan's lap. The clip was shared in partnership with Save the Children's #SaveWithStories campaign, launched to help kids adversely impacted by the pandemic.

"They are celebrating as a family focused on Archie and being together," a source told PEOPLE at the time. "They'll have a smash cake and Zooms with family and friends. It's been beautiful weather, so perhaps a family stroll with the dogs."

Fans also got a  glimpse of the festivities  in the 2022 Netflix documentary  Harry & Meghan , which showed Meghan's mother  Doria Ragland  in attendance and Archie wearing a yellow party hat.

For Archie's  second birthday  in 2021, Meghan and Harry shared a  new photo  of him holding balloons on the website of the Archewell Foundation. The couple asked for donations to COVID-19 vaccine equity for vulnerable families around the world.

"We cannot think of a more resonant way to honor our son's birthday," the Duke and Duchess of Sussex said in a message. "If we all show up, with compassion for those we both know and don't know, we can have a profound impact. Even a small contribution can have a ripple effect. Together, we can uplift, protect and care for one another."

While Prince Harry and Meghan didn't share any new updates for Archie's third birthday, he received well wishes on social media from the royal family .

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Prince Harry gave a brief update on his children during a visit to Canada earlier this year, where he and Meghan checked out the Invictus Games' Winter Training Camp ahead of the 2025 event in Whistler and Vancouver.

When asked what he's like as a dad in an interview for Good Morning America , the Duke of Sussex replied, "I can't tell you. That's classified. It's top secret!"

"No, the kids are doing great," Harry added. "The kids are growing up like all kids do, very, very fast. They've both got an incredible sense of humor and make us laugh and keep us grounded every single day, like most kids do. I'm just grateful to be a dad."

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