Here’s the real reason why Prince Harry and Meghan Markle don’t celebrate Christmas with the royal family

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle won’t be spending Christmas in the UK with the rest of the royal family – and now we know why!

The Sussex’s Christmas invitation is overlooked by King Charles as relations continue to sour

Back in November, it was reported that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had no plans to spend Christmas with the royal family, despite being personally invited to the Sandringham estate in Norfolk by King Charles III. At the time, it was thought that the reason Prince Harry, 38, and Meghan, 41, had declined the King’s invitation for their first Christmas without the Queen might be the expected fallout from the sudden release of Prince Harry’s memoirs, additional, which will be released on January 10th, 2023, as well as the imminent release of their docuseries on Netflix, which we now know will have an official release date of Thursday, December 8th. And it turns out, that’s exactly why the Duke and Duchess keep their distance!

according to womanPrince Harry and Meghan don’t want to spend Christmas with the royal family “as relations continue to sour,” and that will no doubt be exacerbated by the release of a Netflix documentary series and memoir. And another royal expert hinted that the death of the late Queen Elizabeth II actually relieves the pressure of bringing the whole family together, while acknowledging that having Prince Harry and Meghan there would make things awkward and “weaken” the mood, so it’s a “huge relief” that they refused the invitation.

Royal expert Angela Levine said: “The Queen’s death means there won’t be a lot of pressure to get the whole family together, which is good, because it looks like Harry and Meghan won’t be present.” the sun. “I’m sure Catherine and William will be at the King and Queen’s side for part of the holiday,” she added. “Harry and Meghan will not be coming which I think will be a huge relief for the rest of the family. The family will want to make it a very positive day after the Queen’s death and I think having the Sussex family will certainly dampen that.”

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Levine also went on to say that Prince Harry and Meghan’s desperate, failed attempt to delay the release of their Netflix docuseries until after Christmas was very “interesting” and they said a lot about the things they could have said about the royal family.

She added, before saying that the Sussexes seem to want their son Archie and daughter Lilibet titles, but they don’t want them to mix “with the people they can give them”.

Sussex still feared for their current and future titles

Speaking of titles, royal author Tom Power has previously said that Archie and Lilibet’s titles could be in jeopardy depending on what Prince Harry writes in his memoirs (and, presumably in conjunction, what he and Meghan say in their documentary series). woman That he could also withdraw his title in extreme circumstances!

“This book is really make or break it,” Bauer said. “I imagine King Charles has been warned that any revenge would not be pretty. All King Charles can really do is withhold the titles of his grandchildren Archie and Lilibet. Eventually I suppose he could take the titles of Harry and Meghan as well, but that’s pretty extreme. I don’t know.” “What else can he do. If it’s as bad as I think it is, Harry and Meghan have gone completely rogue. The best the family can do is cut ties with them.”

The royal family’s current Christmas plans

This will be the first Christmas without the late Queen Elizabeth II, and also the first Christmas with King Charles III as king, so will there be any changes? According to reports, King Charles will make Christmas less formal than in previous years, with Daily Mail In a sign that the family will not be gathering to watch the King’s Christmas Speech at 3pm, which is perhaps the biggest change given how traditional it is to watch the Queen’s Speech.

However, the monarch will keep a few other traditions, including the royal family’s traditional Christmas march to St Mary Magdalene’s Church on the Sandringham estate.

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