The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are looking for a rapprochement and would be willing to spend Christmas at Sandringham.
Carlos III took advantage of the focus of his 75th birthday to launch a very personal project, with which he seeks to fight against food waste, but finally all the headlines revolved around the call that his son Harry made to him from California to congratulate him.
The Sussexes were the big absentees from the family party he hosted at Clarence House, but this Christmas they could surprise and appear at Sandringham. Although they have not been invited yet, they do want to join.
Sources close to the Sussexes hailed the call as a "turning point" in the tense relations between the King and his youngest son. And the most traditional, loyal to Charles III, found it "disconcerting" that a private conversation was leaked.
He is frustrated that personal issues are mixed with public duty. He would prefer that the focus be on his work, not on the soap opera of his private life. "It's always frustrating when family dynamics overshadow the public role," says a close source.
It is evident that after the hurricane over the publication of Harry's memoirs, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are seeking to regain contact with the family and allow Charles III to spend time with his grandchildren, Archie and Lili, whom he has barely met. seen a couple of times. Meghan's mother, Doria Ragland, who lives in California, is the only grandmother who maintains regular contact with them. Meghan's father, Thomas Markle, never met his grandchildren or Harry.
Friends of the Sussexes say they want to change the situation and would accept an invitation to spend Christmas at Sandringham, the King's home in Norfolk, or a summer stay at Balmoral, Scotland.
Harry and Meghan last spent Christmas at Sandringham in 2018. The walk to church on Christmas Day with William and Catherine branded them "the fantastic four," a nickname that hasn't aged well.
