Prince Harry and Meghan Markle celebrated their second Christmas outside of the royal family, creating their own Christmas traditions in California.
The couple and 18-month-old son Archie spent last Christmas in a rental home in Canada, but now they’re based in their $ 14.65 million home in Montecito – and they’re doing their own thing, People reported.
“It’s Harry’s second Christmas outside of England, and Meghan wants to make sure it’s special for everyone,” an insider told People. “They are creating their own traditions in their new home.”
The traditions include shopping for their own tree, decorating it, and hanging out with Meghan’s mom, Doria Ragland.
“They both love Christmas and decorated with Archie,” the source told the magazine.
On Wednesday, Meghan, 39, and Harry, 36, unveiled their ‘painted’ Christmas card – a colored portrait of the trio in front of a playhouse decorated with a branch of green on the roof and a poinsettia and a mini Christmas tree on either side of the door.
As for the rest of the royals, they move on. In her annual Christmas message, broadcast by the BBC, the Queen sprinkled a video of Prince William and Kate Middleton, Sophie Wessex and Prince Edward doing charity work, but not Harry or Meghan.