Meghan and Harry share new pictures of Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet in their ‘holiday’ card
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have released their annual Christmas card with a new photo of the couple’s children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
Harry and Meghan’s Archewell Foundation seasonal greetings showcased the highlights of the Sussexes’ year, including photos from their four-day visit to Colombia in August.
The card was shared on X/Twitter by the Sussexes’ longtime friend and royal reporter Omid Scobie.
Scobie, who wrote the couple’s biography Finding Freedom, captioned his post: “The Sussexes share highlights of their year in the Archewell Christmas card for 2024.”
One of the photos on the festive card showed Princess Lilibet running into Prince Harry’s waiting arms, while Meghan, 42, held her arms open for a hug from Prince Archie.
The couple’s three dogs were also part of the family portrait released Monday.
Reacting to the image, royal fans said they couldn’t believe how old Archie, five, and Lilibet, three, had grown – with Harry and Meghan’s children rarely seen in public.
One comment read: ‘The kids are so big.’
Harry and Meghan’s Archewell Foundation seasonal greetings showcased the highlights of the Sussexes’ year, including photos from their four-day visit to Colombia in August.
A close-up of the Sussexes’ family photo, which also shows their three dogs
A photo of the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan, during a visit to a nursery school in Colombia
Another person added: “Look at the kids. They’ve grown so much.’
A third X user noticed the children’s bright red hair, just like their father, the Duke of Sussex.
The card also included a personal message from the Sussexes, which read: ‘On behalf of the office of Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Archewell Productions and Archewell Foundations.
‘We wish you very happy holidays and a joyful New Year.’
Several people were thrilled to see a “glimpse of the kids” on the new card, with one person adding, “So cute to see a photo of their kids.”
“They really are redheads!”
Another response read: ‘Okay, of course I went straight to the picture of the kids!! Red heads!! Just like my grandchildren!! I love it!!”
A third user exclaimed, “Omg. There [sic] babies have such red hair!!’
Prince Harry plants a kiss on Meghan’s forehead in a photo taken during their four-day visit to Colombia in August
The Sussexes during their visit to Nigeria in May this year
Prince Harry and Meghan recently released their new Netflix docuseries about polo, which has been widely panned by critics
Prince Harry during a visit to the wards of the Nigerian military hospital Kaduna
While their new ‘holiday’ card celebrates some of the couple’s milestone moments, Harry and Meghan’s latest project – a Netflix docuseries about chic polo – has received scathing reviews from critics.
The five-part docuseries, which was released on December 10, revolves around the run-up to the Polo World Cup in Florida and focuses mainly on players such as Adolfo and Poroto Cambiaso, Timmy Dutta and Nacho Figueras.
The documentary, part of Harry and Meghan’s £80 million deal with Netflix, promised it would show the “true depth and spirit of the sport” as well as the “intensity of the high-stakes moments”.
However, following its release, any hopes of Polo joining the ranks of major sports documentaries such as Disney+’s Welcome to Wrexham and 2020’s The Last Dance were quickly dashed – with critics largely panning the ‘boring’ series.
The program received two or fewer stars across the board and has been labeled ‘a boring look at polo polo’ and a ‘mostly boring take on a sport that very few people outside elite circles have any particular interest in’. .
Harry and Meghan, who served as executive producers on the series, appear in the eye-catching, you-miss-it documentary, with fans having to wait until episode five to catch a glimpse of the couple.
Ed Power of The Telegraph noted that there were ‘not enough Sussexes to make it anything other than a dull indulgence about the pursuit of a rich person’.
A still from Harry and Meghan’s new Netflix docuseries Polo released on December 10
Earlier this month it was revealed that Prince Harry and Meghan will not be joining the royal family for Christmas this year as they are reportedly not invited to the festivities.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have not received an invitation to the royal family’s Christmas at Sandringham, it has been reported.
They are expected to spend the holidays in America with their children Archie and Lilibet.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved to Montecito, California, after stepping down as senior members of The Firm in January 2020.
Meghan previously revealed how the Sussexes celebrate the holidays in America in an interview with Marie Claire, noting that the festivities are always “low-key.”
She said: “We always make sure we have something to do,” the Duchess told the magazine. ‘Just like any other family, you spend time with a delicious meal and then what do you do? Play games, all the same, someone brings a guitar – fun.’
The former Suits actress also emphasized the importance of making “space at the table for your friends who don’t have family,” like feminist icon Gloria Steinem, who once joined the Sussexes’ Thanksgiving feast.
Meghan, who married Harry in 2018, added that it is important to the couple that Archie and Lilibet experience the “magic” of festive traditions such as handing out “carrots for the reindeer” at Christmas.