Meghan Markle may not have entirely distanced herself from the royal family.
In a scene from her Netflix special, With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration, Meghan keeps a beloved royal custom alive in a scene with restaurateur Will Guidara. The duo is seen making Christmas crackers, a holiday favorite of the royal family.
Popular in the United Kingdom. Christmas crackers are tubes wrapped in colorful paper that contain a paper party hat and other small trinkets. When the ends are pulled, they make a snapping noise, revealing what's inside.
PEOPLE Magazine shared Meghan's remarks about the tradition. She reflected fondly on first learning how the royals cherished this holiday ritual.
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Jake Rosenberg/Netflix © 2025“Living in the U.K., it’s just such a big part of [ the culture over there]," she explained. "Typically, people cross their arms and do it. They sit around the table, and they all pull at the same time."
She continued, "It does feel really connected and sweet. The way that I started to know them was that they would always have a fortune cookie-sized joke or riddle and something sweet inside."
Meghan’s homemade Christmas crackers featured personalized notes and small trinkets for each member of her family. She made them for her husband, Prince Harry, as well as for their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
How many Christmases did Meghan Markle spend with the royal family?
Chris Jackson/Getty ImagesMeghan Markle became engaged to Prince Harry in November 2017. She was the first fiancée to spend the holiday with the royal family as typically, only spouses were invited to the gathering.
This marked Meghan's first time celebrating the holiday with the royals, and she attended a traditional Christmas Day church service with Prince Harry, Prince William, and Kate Middleton. On Christmas Eve, the royal family exchanges gifts, and on Christmas Day, they have a big lunch after church.
She and Harry also celebrated the holiday season with the royals in 2018, when Meghan was pregnant with Prince Archie. By late 2019, the couple moved to Canada, according to HELLO!, after beginning the process of separating from their royal duties.
By April of 2020, Harry and Meghan had moved to California and began their own holiday traditions in the United States. They no longer spent the festive season with the royal family, from whom they were largely estranged at the time.
Two seasons of Meghan Markle's Netflix series, With Love, Meghan, are currently streaming on Netflix. With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration is also available for viewing on the channel.
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