Prince Harry and Meghan spotted leaving Tyler Perry's celebrity-filled birthday party ahead of duke's 40th

The Duke of Sussex has certainly had a busy weekend celebrating his 40th birthday.

It's now emerged Prince Harry, and his wife Meghan, were guests at a huge birthday bash held the night before his own milestone celebration and just hours after the couple attended a charity tennis tournament.

Prince Harry and Meghan were spotted leaving Tyler Perry's multi-million mansion in Montecito on Saturday night after the party that was also attended by Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King, Alicia Keys and Paramount CEO Brian Robbins and his wife, Tracy.

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were said to have arrived around 7pm and left at 11pm when they were photographed in the back of a black Range Rover.

A local worker, who reportedly helped set up the party's lighting, told the Mail Online there was "a lot of music, dancing and singing".

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"Lots of speeches and food too. Everyone was having a lot of fun. It was a good party. There were a lot of famous people but I cannot say any more," he said.

He added there was a "male person who sounded like Harry [who] was heard making a speech".

Prince Harry celebrated his own birthday the following day with a party at his and Meghan's mansion. He was then expected to go on a trekking holiday in California with some of his closest friends, a gift from Meghan.

This coming Sunday, the Duke of Sussex will be in New York City until the 27th for the United Nations General Assembly High-level Week and Climate Week.

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He'll also participate in engagements with African Parks, The HALO Trust, The Diana Award, Travalyst and in promotion of the Archewell Foundation.

It's been a busy week for the duke following his birthday and that of Perry, who turned 55 the day before Harry's.

Harry and Meghan have been friends with the Hollywood heavyweight since they quit their roles as senior working royals in 2020. He famously let them stay at his Beverly Hills mansion when they moved to California after reaching out to the duchess.

He told the Harry & Meghan docu-series on Netflix: "I'm not a royal watcher, I don't really pay attention to a lot of stuff.

"But I saw something about her father [posing for the paparazzi]. I found it to be hurtful if he were my father. And I couldn't even imagine this woman finding the man that she loved, the man of her dreams, and him being a prince, and then to walk into all of that madness and need the security of family and then have your father do some horrible things."

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Meghan told the series she finally contacted Perry when she and Harry were in Canada, before they officially relocated to the US.

"[It was] the first time we ever spoke. And I was just a wreck, I was crying and crying," she said.

"Like sometimes it's easier to just open up to someone who knows nothing at all. And that was that moment with me and Tyler."

Tyler was chosen to be godfather to Princess Lilibet but he initially had reservations about accepting.

He told the docuseries about the moment he was asked: "I called them back and go, 'Uh, hold on a second – does this mean we gotta go over [to the UK] and do all of that in church with [the royal family] and figure all that out?

"'Cause I don't wanna do that. Maybe we can do a little private ceremony here [in the U.S.] and let that be that, and if you have to do it there, then that's okay'."

Lilibet was later christened in March, 2023, in a small ceremony in Montecito.