He shared that in their first Christmas away from the royals in 2020, he and Meghan bought a “magnificent” tree for their Montecito home.
They picked “one of the biggest spruces” from a pop-up in Santa Barbara, and decorated it with a special ornament honouring his UK family.
The couple opened presents on Christmas Eve, following Harry’s UK traditions. Meghan made him feel both “happy” and “weird,” he wrote.
Prince Harry shared a funny story about a Christmas ornament of the Queen in his book.
He said: “One present was a little Christmas ornament of…the Queen! I roared. What the-? Meg had spotted it in a local store and thought I might like it. I held it to the light. It was Granny’s face to a T,” and added, “I hung it on an eye-level branch. It made me happy to see her there. It made Meg and me smile.”
He also told about a little mishap with their son Archie and the ornament.
“But then Archie, playing around the tree, jostled the stand, shook the tree, and Granny fell. I heard a smash and turned. Pieces lay all over the floor,” he said.
Harry mentioned that Archie tried to fix it by spraying water: “Archie ran and grabbed a spray bottle. For some reason he thought spraying water on the broken pieces would fix it. Meg said: No, Archie, no – do not spray Gan-Gan! I grabbed a dustpan and swept up the pieces, all the while thinking: ‘This is weird.’
“But Meghan told Archie not to do that, “Archie ran and grabbed a spray bottle. For some reason he thought spraying water on the broken pieces would fix it. Meg said: No, Archie, no – do not spray Gan-Gan! I grabbed a dustpan and swept up the pieces, all the while thinking: ‘This is weird.'”
Harry ended up cleaning it up, thinking it was strange.
Meghan also talked about her favourite Christmas tradition.
During an interview with Variety, she said: “I love trimming and decorating the tree with my children.”
She explained they are making new memories now, “We’re creating new ones now that our little ones are growing up,” and they are loving it, and we’re enjoying every moment of it.”
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