Because, at Christmas, Harry and Meghan refused Uncle Charles’ invitation to the place of mother Diana’s heart

Children first: Harry and Meghan Markle seem to bring the little ones Archie and Lilybet (who are five and three years old) ahead of every need, even those of the Royal Family. Beyond the disagreements between Charles and Diana’s second son and the rest of his family, there is no doubt that Harry and Meghan have decided to create as calm a situation as possible around their children (compatibly with their popularity), far from the spotlight and gazes that have always accompanied the life of the British Royal Family. So much to cause the discontent of his grandfather, King Charleswho can’t understand not being able to build a relationship with his American grandchildren, whom he has only seen a few times in recent years.

And it is precisely in respect of the relative tranquility that Harry and Meghan have tried to build around the children who it seems they also rejected the invitation to the parties at Uncle Charles’ houseCount Spencer, Lady Diana’s brother, who had invited his nephew and his family to spend a few days ad Althorp House, the Northampton estate where Harry and William’s mother grew up and where is buried today, on an island in the center of a lake, with a memorial and a forest of thirty-six oaks (one for each year of the Princess’ life) that remembers her.

Despite Harry’s strong connection with that place, he and Meghan seem to have refused the invitation, preferring to spend the Christmas holidays in California. “Meghan says it’s important to her that Archie and Lilibet can have ‘connective memories’ of Thanksgiving and Christmas at home and enjoying traditions like putting out carrots for the reindeer», the Royals expert told the English tabloids Ingrid Seward. In fact, leaving carrots for Santa’s reindeer is one of the many Christmas traditions to which Meghan Markle is attached, and which she wants to pass on to her children in a very heartfelt and intimate holiday celebration.

The protection of children’s privacy proved to be a priority for the Sussexes also on the occasion of the Christmas card, in which the couple’s two children saw each other exclusively from behind, unlike what happens to their cousins Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louiswho even during the traditional walk to Christmas mass in Sandringham demonstrated that they are now perfectly at ease in the crowd.