Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are “unlikely” to hitch the Royal Family for the primary Christmas with out The Queen, it has been claimed.
It comes following the continuing tensions inside the household, that are prone to be elevated even additional with the discharge of Harry’s bombshell memoir Spare subsequent yr.
Harry and Meghan stepped down from royal duties in 2020 and moved to America, with the couple solely making uncommon visits again to the UK since.
King Charles is alleged to have invited his son and daughter-in-law to the Christmas celebrations on the Sandringham property this yr.
However, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex – who Charles has stated stay “much loved” family members – will almost certainly not take up the newly-appointed King on his invite.
A supply, described as a buddy of the brand new King and Queen, advised Daily Beast, “the reality is that no one is expecting Harry and Meghan to fly over, given that his book is hanging over everything.”
Royals ‘not expecting’ Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to attend
Another insider near Charles additionally advised Mail Online that the pair are “unlikely” to attend.
This yr’s celebrations will mark the primary time Charles has the accountability of holding the annual household gathering on the non-public property in Norfolk.
Since 1988, the Royals have made Sandringham their base for Christmas and New Year.
It is anticipated that Prince William and Kate Middleton will probably be attending and staying at close by Anmer Hall, which was the house they have been gifted by the Queen.
Last yr, Harry and Meghan reportedly snubbed the Queen’s invite to have fun Christmas at Sandringham.
It was reported that the couple turned down the invite within the hopes of avoiding a “media storm.”
Instead, they spent Christmas at their residence in Montecito, California, with their two youngsters, Archie and Lilibet.
Royal Family ‘hugely nervous’ about Harry’s memoir
Last month, it was claimed that the royal household is “hugely nervous” about Harry’s upcoming memoir.
Royal writer Tom Bower spoke to Page Six to report that the Prince’s tell-all memoir, entitled Spare, is a “time bomb.”
The memoir was initially going to drop this fall, however it’s now being pushed again to January 2023, within the wake of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II’s passing in September.
Tom additionally claimed the e book will embrace a chapter on the Queen’s funeral and “material about how they were snubbed.”
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