Meghan Markle’s ‘true feelings’ about her first royal Christmas at Sandringham
Meghan spent Christmas with the royals in 2017Meghan Markle’s true feelings about her first Christmas with the royals at Sandringham were once revealed by Prince Harry.
The Duchess of Sussex, 44, spent her first Christmas with the royal family back in 2017. It was just under a month after her engagement to Harry was announced.
Meghan Markle’s first royal Christmas
2017 saw Meghan spend her first Christmas alongside the royal family at Sandringham.
Meghan accompanied her then-fiancé Harry and the rest of the royals as they attended a service at St Mary Magdalene Church on Christmas Day. The appearance came just weeks after Harry and Meghan announced their engagement in the November.
The now-duchess wore a long, wide collar wrap coat in the camel colourway, for the occasion. Underneath, she had a burgundy velvet wrap-style dress.
She topped the look off with a brown velour beret and over-the-knee suede boots in nutmeg.
Harry opened up about Meghan’s first royal Christmas a couple of days later, during a stint guest editing BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on the 27th of December.
Meghan had ‘fantastic’ first royal Christmas
Appearing on the programme, Harry was asked about how Meghan found the festive period with the royals.
“It was fantastic, she really enjoyed it. The family loved having her there and you know, there is always that family part of Christmas, there is always that work element as well,” he said.
It was fantastic, she really enjoyed it.
“Together we had an amazing time, we had great fun staying with my brother and sister-in-law and running round with the kids. Christmas was fantastic. We are really looking forward to New Year and looking forward to 2018.”
Meanwhile, he added that the royal family was the “family that, I suppose, she’s never had”.
Harry also said that there were “plenty” of traditions he had to explain to Meghan, but she “did an “absolutely amazing job of getting in there”.
Meghan and Harry’s Christmas 2025
Skip forward eight years, and things couldn’t look more different for Harry and Meghan this Christmas.
The royals didn’t attend the festive celebrations at Sandringham this year, something they haven’t done since 2018.
It’s believed the couple spent Christmas in Montecito, California, with their two kids, Archie, six, and Lilibet, four.
However, there are some British traditions the duchess still implements during her festive celebrations in America.
In the festive special of her Netflix show, With Love, Meghan, she revealed that crackers are still a part of her Christmas.
“Living in the UK, it’s just such a big part of [the culture],” she told restaurateur Will Guidara as they made homemade crackers.
“Typically, people cross their arms and do it. They sit around the table, and they all pull at the same time. It does feel really connected and sweet,” she continued.
“They would always have a fortune cookie–sized joke or riddle and something sweet [inside].”
Crackers are a staple of Christmas tradition in the UK and have been for a long time. The late Queen Elizabeth II was reportedly a huge fan of reading out the cheesy jokes in a cracker on Christmas Day.
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