{"id":1166586,"date":"2026-08-24T12:33:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T12:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1166586\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T12:33:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T12:33:23","slug":"will-meghan-and-harry-be-invited-to-christmas-with-the-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1166586\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Meghan and Harry Be Invited to Christmas With the Royals?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"body-dropcap css-1qli9nx emevuu60\">Meghan Markle and Prince Harry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a73478399\/when-why-meghan-markle-and-prince-harry-moving-back-england\/\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a73478399\/when-why-meghan-markle-and-prince-harry-moving-back-england\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"might be moving back to England\" data-node-id=\"0.1\" class=\"body-link css-ohbdae emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">might be moving back to England<\/a>, but apparently that doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019ll be spending quality time with the royal family. While Prince Harry and King Charles have begun the process of mending fences after a lengthy estrangement, Prince William still isn\u2019t talking to his brother\u2014which could make things slightly awkward at family reunions like Christmas in Sandringham. In fact, turns out the Sussexes aren\u2019t even necessarily getting an invite?<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\"><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/royal-family\/2026\/08\/22\/harry-and-meghan-not-guaranteed-christmas-sandringham\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/royal-family\/2026\/08\/22\/harry-and-meghan-not-guaranteed-christmas-sandringham\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"The Telegraph\" data-node-id=\"1.0\" class=\"body-link css-ohbdae emevuu60\">The Telegraph<\/a> reports that Meghan and Harry \u201care not guaranteed an invitation to Royal family gatherings including Christmas at Sandringham,\u201d that they \u201cwill not be automatically included in outings for non-working members of the family despite moving back to Britain,\u201d and that the Christmas guest list is \u201csubject to a personal invitation from the King for all members of the family.\u201d Okay then!<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/_assets\/design-tokens\/fre\/static\/icons\/social\/google.1467f37.svg\" alt=\"Google\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Add Cosmopolitan as a preferred source in your Google search results.<\/p>\n<p>Use your Google account to add this to your settings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-dynamic-svg=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/_assets\/design-tokens\/fre\/static\/icons\/info-regular.348beca.svg?primary=%2523ffffff\" loading=\"lazy\" data-testid=\"dynamic-svg-base\" height=\"auto\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"\" class=\"css-1t9pz9x eblc50z6\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Add to Google settings<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">Meanwhile, the royals only found out about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex\u2019s move a few days before news broke, and now they\u2019re gathering at Balmoral for their annual summer vacation. But sources have denied the existence of a panicked \u201cBalmoral Summit\u201d re: their return, and claim that they all just happen to be hanging out for their annual \u201choliday and a barbecue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">Gonna go ahead and note that another insider told <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nowtolove.com.au\/royals\/prince-william-blindsided-harry-uk-return\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.nowtolove.com.au\/royals\/prince-william-blindsided-harry-uk-return\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Woman\u2019s Day\" data-node-id=\"6.1\" class=\"body-link css-ohbdae emevuu60\">Woman\u2019s Day<\/a> that \u201cWilliam\u2019s team are in intense meetings on how to minimize any risk to him and the family. He\u2019ll be seeking advice from everyone from lawyers to diplomatic-crisis experts.\u201d Just saying!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle and Prince Harry might be moving back to England, but apparently that doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019ll be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1166587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7708],"tags":[223518,1380,316693,1331,258961,1381,226342,5105,7710,519,448,316692,291041,225931],"class_list":["post-1166586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-royals","tag-collection-royal-family","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-7e24fb62-a519-490f-bbe2-589daaf9322b","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-us","tag-read_time-2","tag-royal","tag-royal-families","tag-royal-family","tag-royals","tag-shorttitle-christmas-in-sandringham-is-already-causing-drama","tag-sponsored-false","tag-subsection-celebs"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117150511227449387","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1166586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1166587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1166586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1166586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1166586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}