It's been a frosty six years since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle last joined the royal family for a Christmas gathering at Sandringham. The once picture-perfect couple have traded palace drama for sunny California,

Though Meghan Markle and Prince Harry haven't spent Christmas with the British royal family since 2018, that doesn't stop the annual flurry of will-they, won't-they rumors come holiday season. Perhaps unsurprisingly,

After the Sussexes were ruthlessly skewered during an episode of Family Guy, Meghan Markle reportedly issued Prince Harry an ultimatum in the run-up to Christmas 2023

Though Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have celebrated Christmas in California for the past few years, they are still embracing royal family holiday traditions in Montecito.

The family photo was one of six pictures included in the card, wishing the public a “very happy holiday season and a joyful new year.”

Meghan and Harry attended the annual Christmas Day service at Sandringham for just two years - 2018 and 2019 - before they announced they were stepping down from royal duties and moving stateside. Like the last four years, the couple will spend this year's festive period in California, likely with Meghan's mother Doria Ragland.

Prince Harry has gotten candid about touching Christmas tradition he still follows with wife Meghan Markle and kids Archie and Lilibet.The Duke of Sussex drew the chaotic Christmas morning scene in his memoir Spare,

Meghan Markle was invited to spend Christmas with the Royal Family in 2017, before she had even tied the knot with Prince Harry - and the invitation broke decades of royal tradition

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were once "tipped over the edge" during a Christmas moment which made them "consider their own path", a book has claimed. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped down as senior working royals in early 2020. However, their ongoing feud with the Royal Family was already brewing.