Dec. 21, 2024

Let's break down how terrible Harry and Meghan's Christmas Card really is

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Guys, just take a nice family photo and sign your names and be done with it.

Lately it seems as if Harry and Meghan can'tget anything right.

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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I'm

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your host, Mark Francis. The Express took a look at

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the details of Harry and Meghan's holiday card. Princess Lilibet,

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rarely seen in public, looked noticeably different, with her hair

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cascading past her shoulders, a striking change since her first

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birthday photos in twenty twenty two. This alliance with Prince

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Harry's recent comments at the Well Child Awards, where he

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marveled at his children's thick hair, inherited from Megan, joking

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that Lily's locks might soon be long enough to sit on.

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Unlike the polished royal portraits of old, this candid photo

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feels deeply personal. Taken in what appears to be their

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Montecito garden, the relaxed vibe suggests it may have been

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captured by Meghan's mother, Doria, or a close friend. The

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family's expressions pure joy hint at a reunion moment phaps

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after Harry and Meghan returned from work engagements. The backdrop

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likely belongs to the couple's Bontecito estate, a familiar setting

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for those who watch their twenty twenty two Netflix docu series.

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This isn't the first time the lush Garden has been featured.

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Meghan's pregnancy photos with Lilibet were also taken there, adding

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to its significance as a private family haven. Sharp eyed

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fans may have spotted the Sussex's three beloved dogs in

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the shot, to beagles and a black labrador. The black

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lab named Pula after the Botswanan currency, was adopted in

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twenty eighteen, a nod to the country's special meaning in

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Harry and Meghan's relationship. Guy, Meghan's longtime beagle companion, and

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Muma Mia, a rescue from twenty twenty twos Beagle Freedom Project,

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complete the furry trio. Alongside the family image, the season's

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greetings card features five other photographs from Harry and Meghan's

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busy year, solo shots of the couple at engagements highlighting

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their growing independence in their work, while images from joint

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trips abroad, including two Columbia and Nigeria, reinforce their united

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front under the archwell banner. One tender shot of Harry

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kissing Meghan's head appears a deliberate nod to their strong bond,

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pushing back on persistent tabloid divorce rumors rumors. Harry humorously dismissed,

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whipping that, according to reports, he's already been divorced multiple times.

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Many on social media noted the lack of the word Christmas.

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Harry's father, Charles's the head of the Church of England.

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Although Harry and Meghan gave fans a rare peek into

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their family life with their card, it isn't the only

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one they're sending this year. A separate, private version has

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been reserved for close friends and family, though it's unlikely

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to ever see the light of day. In the Telegraph,

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Ed Coming was less kind, explaining how Harry and Meghan's

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Christmas card tries to convince you that they are the

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perfect family. The Sussex's calibrated snaps look less like greeting

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cards and more like a brochure for a holiday. Camp

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Ed writes, Does a normal family send a Christmas card

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like this? The wording is the first in all is

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not well beginning any friendly letter on behalf of the

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office of or to sound alarm bells in the recipient,

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especially if it goes on to list two separate versions

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of their names and two production companies, like the credits

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of a film six photos is another red flag. There

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is only one acceptable use of a family photograph on

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a Christmas card, to remind people you haven't seen for

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a while of how many children you have and how

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fat and or bored you are now, so they don't

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blank you in the event of an unplanned encounter. Sadly,

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Meghan and Harry's jewel like public persona have too many

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faces to be captured in a single frame. Instead, each

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of these six snaps is calibrated to reveal a different

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side to them, with a result that it looks less

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like a Christmas card and more like the brochure for

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a holiday camp. Picture one, Just like Princess Diana, Meghan

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loves all the World's Children. Ergo or the World's children,

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or to love Meghan. Picture two The Royal Family in

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Exile by Ralph Lauren. Meghan and Harry embrace their children

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Archie and Little of Bit in a gorgeously dappled garden

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while a trio of faithful hounds watch on the message.

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Unlike the actual Royal family, who parade their children at

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every opportunity, we are empathetic and media savvy enough to

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know that the worst crime you can commit on social

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media is to reveal your children's faces. Our children are happy, healthy, ginger,

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and leading the completely normal childhood you get when your

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parents are merely humble TV producers and podcasters. Picture three

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Meghan smiles at something out of shot, possibly the image

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of a family in the previous picture, while her husband

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sniffs her hair admiringly. In the background, a man and

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a lanyard possibly a security guard, respectfully looks the other way.

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Picture four Harry and Meghan having a laugh on there

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definitely not royal. Three day trip to Nigeria earlier this year,

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complete with beaded necklaces. You can imagine the Instagram caption

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humbled by this experience. Meghan is wearing a peach dress

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from Hidi Merrick, the message we are better at being

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the royal family than the royal f family. Just like Diana.

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We are very natural with people more down to earth.

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The fact this variety of dress is called Windsor and

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was launched in the year they got married. Pure happenstance.

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Picture five Columbia, who us just a couple of global

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humanitarian icons on there? Definitely not royal. Four day trip

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to Columbia earlier this year, complete with sunglasses and in

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Megan's case, a panama hat. She smiles beautifully. The message

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it's not a holiday, it's a trip with an important

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purpose to show how good we look in the sunshine.

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We are approachable, but if you see us across the pool,

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under no circumstances, come over and say hello. As we

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have mentioned, we have private security. Picture six, our Duke

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enjoys a special moment with a child in a hospital bed,

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so enthralled by the exchange of positive energy that is

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hardly aware his picture is being taken. Is the child

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enthralled by this visit or simply too sick to run away?

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The picture does not say Pella's intriguera a rat back.

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King Charles has beefed up his Buckingham Palace team by

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appointing a seasoned diplomat as his new deputy Private secretary.

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According to reports, THEO Rycroft, currently serving as Deputy Head

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of Mission in Paris, will take on one of the

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most senior royals in the Royal household, advising the Monarch

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on both public duties and private family matters. Ryecroft's appointment

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follows his recent success in supporting Prince William's trip to Paris,

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where he reportedly helped arrange the future King's meeting with

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US President elect Donald Trump. A well connected figure, THEO

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is married to the half sister of Samantha Cameron, wife

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of former Prime Minister David Cameron. The Astor family, known

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for its deep social ties, was one of America's wealthiest dynasties.

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The Astor has built their fortunes in the fur trade

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and Manhattan real estate. And there you have it. Plun

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