They were home for the holidays. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle enjoyed a quiet Christmas in California with children Archie, 5, and Lilibet, 3 — despite reports they were invited to spend the festive season with relatives in the UK.

Prince Harry used to love spending Christmas at Sandringham with his family, but in recent years he has been banned from the festivities - and has spent the holiday with just one relative

Prince George has taken part in the traditional royal festive football match for the first time, 'replacing' his uncle, Prince Harry.

King Charles, who marked his first Christmas with the royal family following his cancer diagnosis, released an emotional message after he was left heartbroken by his estranged son

Prince Harry delighted his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II one Christmas when she unwrapped his humorous gift, with the late monarch having been fond of a bit of festive silliness

Prince Harry enforces a particular Christmas Eve tradition that is written about in his memoirs and means his children Archie and Lilibet are unable to open their presents on Christmas Day

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reportedly spent Christmas at their California home, absent from royal celebrations at Sandringham.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's 2024 Christmas card also features an adorable rare snap of their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet - as well as another hardly-seen member of the family

Prince Archie Harrison and Princess Lilibet Diana have an unusual royal Christmas tradition thanks to their father, Prince Harry, and his love of his family's Anglo Saxon heritage

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Christmas they have now is undeniably different from the ones the royal family enjoy at Sandringham each year. Prince Harry and Meghan are raising their children in Montecito,

Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and their two children Archie and Lilibet, will be having a very different Christmas to the one the Duke of Sussex would have experienced growing up