“In the Green Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace, where the Queen delivered her address, viewers glimpsed photos of the [Waleses] and their children, Charles and Camilla, Prince Philip, and a black-and-white image of George VI. Noticeably absent was a photo of Harry, Meghan, and their new baby, Archie.”
According to the authors, Meghan and Harry felt that this was “yet another sign that they needed to consider their own path”.
Although they had spent the festive period at the Sandringham estate in 2017 and 2018, Meghan and Harry spent Archie’s first Christmas in 2019 in Canada with her mum, Doria Ragland.
It marked the second time that Harry had spent Christmas away from his royal relatives. The first was in 2012 as he was on a tour of Afghanistan while being in the Army.
Meghan and Harry have not spent Christmas with the royals since 2018. The couple are gearing up to spend their sixth consecutive one in California with Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, now aged six and four.
