In his memoir *Spare*, Prince Harry shared a lighthearted tale about a Christmas gift his wife, Meghan Markle, gave him in 2020 that quickly turned into a chaotic moment.
Meghan gifted Harry a quirky ornament of the late Queen Elizabeth II, which was meant to adorn their Christmas tree. While Harry found the gift amusing, it didn’t last long. His son, Archie, who was just 18 months old at the time, accidentally knocked the ornament off the tree while playing nearby.
The ornament shattered on the floor, and in a humorous attempt to fix the damage, little Archie grabbed a spray bottle and began spraying the broken pieces with water. This comical scene became one of the many stories Harry shared about his family life in *Spare*.
He wrote, “One present was a little Christmas ornament of…the Queen!” However, things took a turn for the worse when the ornament didn’t last long in the family’s £12 million Californian mansion.
Harry recounted, “Then Archie, playing around the tree, jostled the stand, shook the tree, and Granny fell. I heard a smash and turned. Pieces lay all over the floor. Archie ran and grabbed a spray bottle. For some reason, he thought spraying water on the broken pieces would fix it.”
In related news, Prince Harry will reportedly miss this year’s Royal Family Christmas at Sandringham after not receiving an invitation. This follows the couple's limited participation in previous Royal Christmas celebrations, having attended just two holidays with the extended family for the traditional festivities.
