How Prince William and Kate Middleton will spend Christmas at Sandringham away from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

The feud between the brothers shows no sign of stopping in 2024. Leer

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will not invite nor to his 2024 Christmas Party, something be promises will be "noisy" with a large guest list, as the feud between the two sons of continues unabated. Harry's 2023 book detailed how the pair have been rivals ever since their childhood, but thing stepped up when Markle appeared to enter the picture after she began dating the 40-year-old in 2016 before they married in 2018. Allegations of unfair treatment then ensured before he Duke of Sussex then made his decision to step down in 2020 and relocate to the , and since then their relations have completely collapsed - particularly after their interview with Oprah Winfrey.

The brothers have been unable to fix things despite some apparent pressure to do so by the King, and some effort from the Princess of Wales, , and as a result Harry and his family will be snubbed this Xmas. "We'll be in Norfolk," told soldiers on December 10 of their plans. "At Sandringham.



"We'll be 45 for Christmas. It won't be quiet, it will be noisy." So that means they will be inviting some 45 people to head to their home for a celebration as the British Royal Family descends on the private home of and his wife, .

However, the names of those 45 were not revealed. But with William and his family attending, that ticks off five names and with the King and his wife, the number could drop to 38 other attendees. Harry and Markle last spent Christmas with the royals in 2018.

William and Kate have fun at Christmas Despite connotations of the members of the having a stiff upper-lip and being quite bland and monotonous, this is apparently far from the case for . Sources say that because they are so affluent and well-off, they have decided Christmas should be a time for them to laugh and poke fun and that is resembled in the presents they give to each other. "The presents they give to each other are normally quite silly," told Fox News Digital in 2023.

"If you've got all the greatest jewelry in the world, all the greatest works of art in the world, all the greatest clothes in the world, what do you give each other on Christmas? It tends to be small joke presents.".