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Lynn Farah

December 2022 will be the first festive season in 96 years that the royal family (and the world) celebrate Christmas without Queen Elizabeth.

As King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla get ready to continue with family traditions, the rift between Harry, Meghan and the royals will no doubt deepen as the Sussexes’ controversial Netflix docuseries is now believed to be ready for release in early December.
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Not only that, but Harry’s tell-all memoir will also hit the shelves in early January. As the royals regroup after a painful year, they’re about to be hit hard by one of their own.
Here’s what you need to know …
The explosive Netflix show

The much-anticipated Netflix docuseries which centres around Harry and Meghan seems to finally have a release date.
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Page Six reported that the docuseries from Oscar-nominated director Liz Garbus will drop on Netflix in early December. The programme has been the subject of much speculation since the couple first signed a multi-year deal with Netflix in September 2020.
In an interview with Variety, Meghan said it was “nice to be able to trust someone with our story”, admitting that even though it wasn’t the way she would have told her story, handing over the reins to someone else means it “will go through their lens”.
The controversy

The docuseries has been marred in controversy since its inception. Marca reports that the original director, Garret Bradley – who directed miniseries Naomi Osaka – couldn’t find common ground with the couple on the tone of the series, and that the differences between Bradley and Markle were clear from the start. Bradley wanted to film at the couple’s home, which they reportedly did not feel comfortable with. Eventually Bradley left and Liz Garbus was hired.
‘Giant rewrites’

The News reports Harry and Meghan demanded rewrites of the docuseries after the queen died in September. Netflix executives were also said to have been spooked by the response to season five of The Crown after former UK prime minister John Major disputed some of the facts presented on the show, according to Deadline.
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Glamour reports Harry and Meghan also wanted to change some of the comments made about Charles and Camilla, now king and queen consort.
The tell-all memoir

Also adding fuel to the fire of their impending fall out with the royal family is Prince Harry’s memoir, which will slated to hit the shelves in January 2023.
Penguin Random House announced that the book, titled Spare, will be released on January 10, calling it an “intimate and heartfelt memoir” and describing it as having been written with a “raw, unflinching honesty”.
As the second son born to Prince Charles and Princess Diana, the phrase “the heir and the spare” applied to Harry since only his older brother William would inherit the throne as the future king.
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Snubbed Christmas invite

Britain’s Express newspaper reports that Harry and Meghan have turned down a chance to spend Christmas in the UK with the royal family. The couple were in the UK for the queen’s funeral in mid-September and the relationship between Harry, his brother William and father Charles was said to have reached a “fragile truce” by British media.

King Charles has decided to uphold the royal family tradition by having inviting the whole family to Sandringham. According to sources cited in Express, Meghan and Harry have declined the invitation and will spend the holiday season in California.
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Not a big happy family

Although Meghan and Harry seemed to unite with the royals in September during the queen’s funeral, Meghan has no interest in “returning to the royal fold”, royal author Katie Nicholl told Entertainment Tonight.

In her interview with Variety, Meghan spoke about the death of the queen, saying it was “beautiful … to look at the legacy that his grandmother was able to leave on so many fronts”. She admitted that it was a “complicated time” but said Harry had commented, “now she’s reunited with her husband,” referring to the late Prince Philip, who died in 2021.
Meghan made it clear that she and Harry were on a mission. She said big, life-changing moments bring perspective and that the queen’s death realigned their ideas on what to focus on. She said she and Harry were focused on their foundation and that they felt “energised and excited about all of the things [they’ve] been building toward.”
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Why Harry and Meghan are about to ruin the royals’ Christmas: with their explosive Netflix docuseries due for release in December followed by Harry’s tell all memoir, the festive season will be tough

Prince Harry’s memoir will be released in January 2023 and the Netflix docuseries on his life with Meghan Markle will be released in December 2022. Photo: @misanharriman/Instagram 

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reportedly wanted to backtrack on things they’d said about King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla in their docuseries Photo: AFP

Britain’s royal family together at Buckingham Palace during the Trooping the Colour parade in 2018 in London. Photo: FilmMagic

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have dropped several bombshells on the royal family to date, and appear to have a couple more up their sleeves. Photo: WireImage

Meghan Markle has said it has been “nice to be able to trust someone” with their story. Photo: Getty Images

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attend an athletics event at the Invictus Games in the Netherlands earlier this year. Photo: WireImage

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle wanted a rewrite of the docuseries following the death of Queen Elizabeth. Photo: WireImage

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were reported to be uncomfortable shooting the Netlfix docuseries in their home. Photo: Getty Images

The cover of Prince Harry’s memoir, set for release on January 10, 2023. Photo: AP

Happier times: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have all but removed themselves from the royal family since the queen’s death. Photo: AP

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have a big winter coming up, releasing their new Netflix docuseries and Harry’s tell all book. Photo: @sussexroyal/Instagram

The royal family will celebrate Christmas in Sandringham but Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will not attend. Photo: @theroyalfamily/Instagram

Meghan Markle says she and Prince Harry’s main focus will be on their foundation. Photo: @sussexroyal/Instagram

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Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed’s son, Dodi Fayed. Photo: Getty Images

Dodi Fayed meets the Queen Mother. Photo: Rex Features

Dodi Fayed met Princess Diana through his father, Mohamed Al-Fayed. Photo: Reuters

Dodi Fayed and Princess Diana were the most pursued figures on tabloids during the summer of 1997. Photo: AP

Dodi Fayed with Princess Diana on holiday in Saint Tropez, France. Photo: Sygma

Dodi Fayed with his father Mohamed Al-Fayed. Photo: Rex Features

Dodi Fayed and Princess Diana aboard the Jonikal in 1997. Photo: Sygma

Dodi Fayed with Frank Sinatra’s daughter, Tina Sinatra. Photo: Alpha

Dodi Fayed with Brooke Shields. Photo: Alpha

An overview of Alexandria, Egypt, where Dodi Fayed was born in 1956. Photo: Alpha

Like English aristocrats, Dodi Fayed used to play polo. Photo: Rex Features

The bronze fountain memorial to Dodi Fayed (right) and Princess Diana was unveiled in Harrods a year to the day when they were tragically killed in Paris. Photo: Reuters

Dodi Fayed and Princess Diana were staying at The Ritz in Paris – and paparazzi followed them everywhere. Photo: AP

Daily News’ front page on August 31, 1997. Photo: Getty Images

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15 times Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton paid homage to Princess Diana. Photos: AP, AFP

Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, made their 10 year mark as a couple in 2021. Photo: @dukeandduchessofcambridge/Instagram

Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer embrace for an informal portrait in 1981. Photo: Reuters

Meghan Markle’s engagement ring contains two diamonds from Princess Diana’s collection and one from Botswana, where she and Prince Harry holidayed together. Photo: @fiorese_jewelry/Instagram

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle kiss on the steps of St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle after their wedding in May 2018, in Windsor, England. Photo: PA Wire/Abaca Press/TNS

Princess Diana leaves the Mortimer Market Centre, a London clinic for HIV/Aids patients, in 1996. Photo: Reuters

Kate Middleton’s RHS Back to Nature garden in 2019. Photo: Kensington Palace 

The newly married Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, leaving Windsor Castle after their wedding to attend an evening reception at Frogmore House, hosted by the Prince of Wales, in Windsor, Britain, in May 2018. Photo: Reuters

Diana, Princess of Wales walks through the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, in 1996, with Liz Tilberis. Photo: Reuters

Princess Diana posing for photographers in Washington, in 1997. Photo: AFP

Kate Middleton wearing Princess Diana’s tiara. Photo: @Elizabe71165893/Twitter

The Princess of Wales, Diana, pictured at a British Embassy dinner in Washington, at the start of a visit to the US. Photo: COI Photo

Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge pose with George, the Prince of Cambridge outside St Mary’s Hospital in London where the duchess gave birth in July 2013. Photo: AP Photo

Britain’s Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and wife Princess Diana take home their newborn son Prince William, as they leave St Mary’s Hospital in London, in 1982. Photo: AP Photo

Princess Charlotte of Cambridge. Photo: @kensingtonroyal/Instagram

The official christening photograph with Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex with their son, Archie and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Doria Ragland, Lady Jane Fellowes, Lady Sarah McCorquodale, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge in the Green Drawing Room at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, Britain, in July 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE

Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan shared their first photo of baby Lilibet Diana, seen here with the couple and older brother Archie. Photo: Alexi Lubormirski 

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Princess Margaret in London, in 1965. Photo: AP

Sisters Princess Margaret and then Princess Elizabeth in their younger years. Photo: AP

Princess Margaret (left), the younger sister of future Britain’s Queen Elizabeth (right) in 1933. Photo: AFP

Princess Margaret wearing a bracelet gifted to her for her 21st birthday. Photo: Sotheby’s

Battle of Britain fighter pilot group captain Peter Townsend. Photo: AP

Future Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret in 1947. Photo: Keystone

Princess Margaret and photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones leave after their wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey, in 1960. Photo: AP

Princess Margaret at HMS Tamar. Photo: SCMP

Princess Margaret and her husband leaving Hong Kong following a one-day stopover, in 1969. Photo: SCMP

Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. Photo: The Royal Family

Princess Margaret meets children at HMS Tamar, in 1987. Photo: SCMP

Britain’s Princess Margaret smiles as she leaves a youth centre in Manchester, in 1994. Photo: Reuters

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Elizabeth Debicki playing Princess Diana in The Crown season five. Photo: @elizabethdebickinators/Instagram

Elizabeth Debicki in The Crown season five. Photo: @elizabethdebickinators/Instagram

Elizabeth Debicki is a trained ballet dancer. Photo: @elizabethdebickinators/Instagram

Elizabeth Debicki stands tall at about 190cm. Photo: @annabelleharron/Instagram

Elizabeth Debicki will play Princess Diana in The Crown season five. Photo: Chaumet

Elizabeth Debicki as Jordan Baker and Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway in a scene from The Great Gatsby. Photo: AP

Elizabeth Debicki in a still from Tenet. Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures

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Britain’s Camilla, then Duchess of Cornwall arrives to attend the Christmas Day morning church service at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, in December 2021. Photo: AFP

Camilla Parker Bowles departs the Civil Ceremony where she was legally married to then Prince Charles, at The Guildhall, Windsor, in 2005, in Berkshire, England. Photo: Getty Images

French president Emmanuel Macron, then Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, then Duchess of Cornwall attend a ceremony in Carlton Gardens during a visit to commemorate the 80th anniversary of General de Gaulle’s speech in June 2020, in London, England. Photo: Getty Images

Camilla, then Duchess of Cornwall (seen wearing a poppy design face mask) attends a service to mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey in November 2020, in London, England. Photo: Getty Images

Britain’s then Prince Charles and his then fiancée Camilla Parker Bowles arrive for a party at Windsor Castle, England, in 2005, following the announcement of their engagement. Photo: AP Photo

Camilla, then Duchess of Cornwall (colonel-in-chief of The Rifles and Patron of the Poppy Factory), wearing the regimental scarf of The Rifles, visits the 93rd Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in November 2021, in London, England. Photo: Getty Images

Camilla, queen consort attends a Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Queen Elizabeth on September 12, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Photo: Getty Images

Prince George, Camilla, the queen consort and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex follow the coffin of Queen Elizabeth following her funeral service in Westminster Abbey in central London, on September 19. Photo: AP Photo

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