'Real reason' Harry and Meghan unlikely to be invited to Christmas with Royal Family

The royals traditionally walk the festive play astatine the Sandringham estate, but Meghan and Harry person reportedly not received an invitation to articulation the household festivities this year

An adept has explained wherefore Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are improbable to beryllium invited to walk Christmas with the Royal Family again.

The royals traditionally walk the festive play astatine the Sandringham property but Meghan and Harry, who unrecorded successful California with their 2 children, person reportedly not received an invitation to articulation the household festivities this year.

The past clip the mates spent Christmas with the Royal family was backmost successful 2018, a fewer months aft their wedding. They took their lad Archie to Vancouver Island the pursuing twelvemonth and are thought to person spent each festive play since 2020 successful the US.

Royal adept Richard Fitzwilliams says it's "likely" they volition ne'er person different invitation from King Charles to walk Christmas arsenic a household owed to the “huge rift” betwixt them.

The brace stepped backmost from the roles arsenic elder moving royals astatine the commencement of 2020 amid a flurry of allegations and recriminations and determination has been small successful the mode of nationalist bridge-building since.

Mr Fitzwilliams told the Express: “Harry and Meghan spent Christmas astatine Sandringham successful 2017, erstwhile they were engaged and Meghan was the archetypal fiancée to person an invitation, and were besides determination successful 2018.

"The memories they person shared connected a mates of occasions - Meghan successful the 3rd occurrence of the Harry & Meghan Netflix documentary, and Harry connected the Today programme - look to person been fond. Unfortunately these are not the lone memories they person shared of the Royal Family, and the lone sensible happening whilst a rift exists, and it is huge, is not to inquire them, which is what has happened this twelvemonth and what is apt to hap successful the foreseeable future."

While Meghan is reportedly adamant she does not privation to instrumentality to the UK, Harry could consciousness "lonely and estranged" from his Windsor relatives this Christmas, according to 1 erstwhile royal correspondent.

Emily Andrews wrote successful Woman: " Prince Harry is keen to walk the Christmas holidays successful the UK with his woman and children — but Meghan wants to enactment successful the US."

Adding that it was a "tricky time" for Harry, she further explained: "He hasn’t spent Christmas present for six years and helium could beryllium forgiven for feeling alternatively lonely and estranged from his Windsor relatives."

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex had reportedly been invited to walk Christmas with Harry’s uncle, Charles Spencer, astatine Althorp House successful Northamptonshire.