Back in December 2018, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry spent an uneventful few days at Sandringham celebrating the holidays with the rest of the royals, where they attended the traditional Christmas church service and made an appearance at the Boxing Day pheasant hunt.
It continued on Wednesday, when Page Six spoke to multiple royal sources who believe that Meghan and Harry will not be joining the royals for Christmas this year, despite the fact that they were invited.
“There’s a lot that goes into the logistics and the planning of the family Christmas, so of course, staff know that Harry and Meghan are not coming,” the source said.
Another source was dismayed that the couple might not return until the queen’s Platinum Jubilee next year.
So far Meghan and Harry have not shared any official information about their holiday plans or when they intend to return to the U.K., so this could be speculation.
In the couple’s interview with Oprah in March, they revealed that communications between them and the rest of the family had become strained in late 2019, with Harry claiming that Prince Charles was no longer taking his phone calls.
“It’s not what it was, and I don’t think anyone is ready for a cozy family Christmas right now.” Ultimately, Harry and Meghan subsequently spent the holiday season on their Montecito estate and, like most Americans, shopping for Christmas trees and playing outside with their son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor.
Though Meghan and Harry were able to travel to New York City twice this year, perhaps they can be forgiven for not boarding a transatlantic flight simply to avoid sucking “all the oxygen” if they do return next year.
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