The truth behind Harry and Meghan's fall from grace

They're at war with Trump and their popularity on the LA social scene is plummeting: is it all over for the Duke and Duchess of Montecito?

- LUCIANA BELLINI

It’s been a tough few weeks for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. First came the news of Donald Trump’s shocking win in the US election last month, with the President-elect’s imminent return to the White House being described as a nightmare for the California-based duo. Then, just last week, a High Court judge warned he was “concerned” about the high costs of Prince Harry’s phone hacking case against the publishers of the Daily Mail, with it being said they would total more than £38 million.

Now, reports suggest that, once again, the couple have been snubbed by the royals ahead of Christmas, with it said that Harry and Meghan haven’t been invited to join the family festivities at Sandringham.

Given recent events, it’s hardly surprising that the Sussexes have been excluded from this important family get-together. The couple haven’t spent Christmas with the royal family in the UK for six years and are instead expected to spend the holidays in America with their children, Archie and Lilibet. With the King and the Princess of Wales’s back-to-back cancer diagnoses, 2024 has been a monumentally difficult year for the royals and the King is said to be “delighted” the whole family will be together for Christmas — it’s been reported the monarch is overseeing the planning himself.