Although Christmas is often thought to be a time for family festivities, even Princess Diana wasn't immune to feeling less than thrilled about spending the holiday period with her royal relatives

Harry and Meghan, however, were already planning to spend the holidays in Montecito, California, where they live with their two kids, Archie and Lilibet. The Sussexes intend to keep their celebrations low-key at home with just their immediate family and Markle's mother, Doria Ragland, according to Closer.

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Since stepping down from their royal duties in 2020, Harry and Meghan have routinely been cut from royal events. The couple did not receive an invite to Trooping the Color, an annual celebration of the reigning monarch’s birthday, for the second time in a row this year, per Harper’s Bazaar.

As relations remained strained between Prince Harry and his father, King Charles, and brother Prince William, he and Meghan Markle were not invited to Christmas at Sandringham, where the royal family typically spends the holiday.

Find out what Prince Harry and Meghan Markle still do for Christmas that has been a tradition in the duke's family for centuries.

The last time the Duke and Duchess of Sussex spent Christmas at Sandringham was in 2018, the year they tied the knot in the UK.

In Andrew Morton’s landmark biography of Diana, he writes her disdain for royal family Christmases began as early as 1981, the year she married Prince Charles

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are expected to celebrate Christmas at their Montecito home with their kids, with the Duchess of Sussex opening up about the festive period

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly facing a “tough” Christmas this year as they continue to miss spending the holidays with the royal family. According to sources cited by The Mirror and OK!

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will be spending Christmas in Montecito this year, and the Duchess of Sussex has previously opened up about how the couple celebrate the festive season.