After sharing all her tips and tricks for hosting during the holidays, Meghan will have to get her hands dirty to ensure her little family enjoys the Christmas holidays properly. While the weather is rather mild and summery year-round in Montecito, California, the Sussexes plan to celebrate December 24th without snow. Gifts under the tree, turkey in the oven... everything will take place at their home near Los Angeles.
And without some of the family. With the Duchess of Sussex's father, Thomas Markle, being very ill, some media outlets are criticizing Meghan for not organizing a vacation in the Philippines to reconnect with him, whom she hasn't seen since their wedding in 2018, and who, incidentally, has never met her grandchildren, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. Meghan doesn't plan to change her habits, as her relationship with her father is still strained, and she intends to open her presents and those from Prince Harry with her mother, Doria Ragland.
The schedule will be more festive at the end of the year. According to Page Six, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expected to join some friends for Christmas Eve abroad, far from the United States. In any case, they will once again be kept away from the royal festivities at Sandringham. Despite Prince Harry's desire to reconnect with his father, Charles III, he doesn't seem ready to join the rest of his family in the UK. Snug in Montecito, the Sussexes prefer to spend Christmas with a smaller group. Less work for the hostess for the evening.
