{"id":2186281,"date":"2025-12-04T03:31:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T03:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2186281"},"modified":"2025-12-04T03:31:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T03:31:19","slug":"meghan-markles-christmas-tradition-couldnt-be-further-from-royals-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/meghan-markles-christmas-tradition-couldnt-be-further-from-royals-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle&#8217;s Christmas tradition couldn&#8217;t be further from royals | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\"><a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Meghan Markle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/meghan-markle\">Meghan Markle<\/a> has revealed a sweet Christmas morning tradition that she has with her family in the festive episode of her Netflix show, <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"With Love, Meghan \" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/with-love-meghan\">With Love, Meghan<\/a>. The 44-year-old <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2141605\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-doria-ragland\">celebrated the release of the newest episode yesterday<\/a>, with the entire episode focused on everything Meghan loves about the festive season.<\/p>\n<p>Surrounded by Christmas decor, Meghan reveals that she loves to make a special festive-themed brunch for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/prince-harry\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\">Prince Harry<\/a> and their two children on Christmas morning. As she makes a cinnamon star and baby quiches, the royal says: &#8220;I love the tradition of a Christmas morning brunch &#8211; I do it every year with my family&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The tradition is different from how the royals spend Christmas morning. The royals traditionally travel to St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2117047\/royal-family-christmas-royal-banned\">for an early morning festive service on December 25<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The royal also uses the episode to <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2141605\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-doria-ragland\">share her mum&#8217;s recipe for Christmas Eve gumbo<\/a>, which is a soul food <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/recipe\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\">recipe<\/a> rooted in Doria\u2019s family history.<\/p>\n<p>Revealing that it is a recipe that her mum makes every Christmas, Meghan told Top Chef star Tom Colicchio: &#8220;It\u2019s a once-a-year thing that she does, so we\u2019re going to make some gumbo&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In a previous interview with <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/meghan-markle-exclusive-interview-welcome-project\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Marie Claire<\/a>, Meghan discussed her love for the Christmas season &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/1979795\/meghan-markle-christmas-archie-lilibet\">as well as the excitement of her children<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Prince Archie, six, and Princess Lilibet, four, Meghan said that she is enjoying the ages her children are currently at &#8211; and is especially looking forward to seeing the festivities through their eyes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Meghan told the publication: &#8220;At first, I think as a mum with children you&#8217;re just enjoying having them there, but they&#8217;re not understanding everything that&#8217;s happening yet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But now we&#8217;re at the age where I just can&#8217;t wait to see it through their lens every year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Previously discussing traditions that the family have at Christmas, Meghan &#8211; who lives in California with her family &#8211; said that their traditions include leaving &#8220;carrots for the reindeer&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meghan Markle has revealed a sweet Christmas morning tradition that she has with her family in the festive episode of her Netflix show, With Love, Meghan. The 44-year-old celebrated the release of the newest episode yesterday, with the entire episode focused on everything Meghan loves about the festive season. 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