Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will not be joining the royal family for their traditional Christmas celebration at Sandringham this year, and the reason comes down to the ongoing tension between the Sussexes and Harry’s relatives. The couple is reportedly considering staying at their cottage in Northamptonshire, England, or returning to California, with Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, expected to spend the holidays with them.
The feud between Harry and Prince William remains as deep as ever, with the brothers still not on speaking terms. Reports that the couple planned to issue an apology to William and Kate Middleton were recently dismissed by royal experts, and a palace insider summed up the situation bluntly:“There is a hierarchy. And the King is the CEO, he’s the boss, what he says goes, so it’s better not to put themselves in any difficult position.”
Harry and Meghan stepped down as senior working royals back in 2020 and relocated to California, and the divide between them and the rest of the family has only grown more public since then. A holiday snub this visible raises the question fans keep asking: is this rift ever going to heal? What do you think — should Harry and Meghan keep doing their own thing, or is it time for a royal reconciliation?
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