{"id":69281,"date":"2023-12-03T14:06:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T14:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beststarnews.com\/?p=69281"},"modified":"2023-12-03T14:06:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T14:06:32","slug":"the-sweet-tribute-meghan-markle-bought-for-prince-harry-in-honour-of-his-granny-but-got-destroyed-by-archie-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beststarnews.com\/lifestyle\/the-sweet-tribute-meghan-markle-bought-for-prince-harry-in-honour-of-his-granny-but-got-destroyed-by-archie-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"The sweet tribute Meghan Markle bought for Prince Harry in honour of his Granny &#8211; but got destroyed by Archie | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MEGHAN Markle once bought Prince Harry a rather unusual Christmas present\u2026 an ornament of Queen Elizabeth II for their tree.<\/p>\n<p>The Duke of Sussex made the revelation in his bombshell memoir Spare, and revealed the ornament met a sad fate at the hands of their son Archie, who was 18 months at the time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/6483da50-9e1d-4b65-8c7c-58d7ebd20c83.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Writing in his book, <span>Prince<\/span> Harry said he had received the comical gift for Christmas in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The Duke and Duchess of Sussex had decided to open presents on Christmas Eve which was \u201ckeeping to the Windsor family tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He wrote: \u201cOne present was a little Christmas ornament of\u2026the Queen!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harry said he saw the funny side of the gift, and added: \u201cI roared. What the\u2014?<\/p>\n<h2>More on the royals<\/h2>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-24789345-1700471046739.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-24789345-1700471046739.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-24789345-1700471046739.jpg\"><\/picture><span>MEGA ODD <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Royal insiders blast Meghan and Harry&#x27;s &#x27;love-bombing&#x27; of Royals as &#x27;bizarre&#x27;<\/h3>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-24766415-1700182682987.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-24766415-1700182682987.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-24766415-1700182682987.jpg\"><\/picture><span>SWITCHED OFF <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Harry &#x27;will NOT relive Princess Diana&#x27;s final moments by watching The Crown&#x27;<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cMeg had spotted it in a local store and thought I might like it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI held it to the light. It was Granny\u2019s face to a T.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hung it on an eye level branch. It made me happy to see her there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt made Meg and me smile.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in Royals<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/princess-wales-prince-wales-duke-759749500.jpg\"><\/picture><span>WEDDING WOE <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Harry and Meghan &#8216;excluded&#8217; from friend&#8217;s wedding &#8211; but Wills &#038; Kate to attend<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/RF-COMP-ARTHUR-EDWARDS-02DEC-1.jpg\"><\/picture><span>ARTHUR EDWARDS <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Wills has dealt with constant attacks from Harry &#038; Meghan with stoic silence<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/RF-WILL-HARRY_COMP-2.jpg\"><\/picture><span>STRAINED PRINCES <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Bombshell claim William denied Harry chance to fly to Queen&#8217;s deathbed<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/RB-HARRY-MEG-ROW_COMP.jpg\"><\/picture><span>SHOW OF SUPPORT <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Harry &#038; Meghan &#8216;urged to break their silence&#8217; after royal &#8216;racism&#8217; row<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, the ornament didn\u2019t last long in the family\u2019s \u00a312million Californian mansion.<\/p>\n<p>Harry explained: \u201cBut then Archie, playing around the tree, jostled the stand, shook the tree, and Granny fell.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard a smash and turned. Pieces lay all over the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArchie ran and grabbed a spray bottle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor some reason he thought spraying water on the broken pieces would fix it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meg said: &quot;No, Archie, no\u2014do not spray Gan-Gan!&quot;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI grabbed a dustpan and swept up the pieces, all the while thinking: &#x27;This is weird,&#x27;\u201d Harry continued. <\/p>\n<p>Harry also revealed how that year they\u2019d taken their son to find a Christmas tree in a local car park in Santa Barbara, where they now live after relocating from Britain.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote: \u201cWe bought one of the biggest spruces they had. We brought it home, set it up in the living room. Magnificent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stood back, admiring, counting our blessings. New home. Healthy boy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that they\u2019d spent their Christmas Eve FaceTiming friends \u201cincluding a few in Britain\u201d and watching \u201cArchie running around the tree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This comes as Harry and Meghan &quot;would love to&quot; spend Christmas in the UK but &quot;haven&#x27;t been invited&quot; by King Charles, a pal has claimed.<\/p>\n<p>The couple last spent Christmas with the royal family at Sandringham in 2018 before their acrimonious move to the US.<\/p>\n<p>But now a friend says that the couple want to see more of Charles &#8211; who has never spent a Christmas with their children Archie and Lilibet.<\/p>\n<p>The friend told The Sunday Times: &quot;I can\u2019t imagine the Sussexes would decline an invitation to spend time with His Majesty.<\/p>\n<h2>Read More on The Sun<\/h2>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TM-comp-Paris-Attack.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TM-comp-Paris-Attack.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TM-comp-Paris-Attack.jpg\"><\/picture><span>HAMMER HORROR <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Tourist killed &amp; Brit injured by &#x27;hammer-wielding attacker&#x27; near Eiffel Tower<\/h3>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TM-josie_COMP.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TM-josie_COMP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TM-josie_COMP.jpg\"><\/picture><span>MACHETE BUST-UP <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>I&#x27;m A Celeb fave Josie Gibson &#x27;brandished machete&#x27; in bust-up with ex<\/h3>\n<p>&quot;As of yet, there have not been any invitations for the <span>holidays<\/span>.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Buckingham Palace declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/50351247-2b86-4a3e-89b4-b217b72774af.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/f3a6b749-23a7-4e35-878a-851a1149f70f.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/christmas-card-featuring-britains-prince-639876539.jpg\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/royals\/24807261\/meghan-markle-prince-harry-christmas-ornament-queen-archie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEGHAN Markle once bought Prince Harry a rather unusual Christmas present\u2026 an ornament of Queen Elizabeth II for their tree. 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