Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s minimalist Christmas tree at Montecito mansion

26 December 2023 , 21:12

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Harry and Meghan's Christmas tree is very simply adorned with warm white lights and a tasteful amount of decorations

Meghan Markle favours a laid-back Californian approach to interiors at the Montecito mansion she shares with her husband Prince Harry.

And the LA-born former actress appears to take the same approach to her Christmas decorations if her tree is anything to go by. The huge tree in the centre of the living room at their £11million nine-bedroom home appears to be a real tree with deep boughs laden with dark green needles.

But that's where the extravagance ends as the tree is very simply adorned with warm white lights and a tasteful amount of decorations in simple shades of red and white. Royal fans were given a glimpse of the couple's Christmas decor in a clip from Meghan and Harry’s Netflix documentary.

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Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, posing with son Archie (Misan Harriman via Instagram/AFP)

In the clip Meghan's cousin Ashleigh is watching over Princes Lilibet as she enjoys some tummy time and plays with her toys on the floor of the living room. The clip was likely filmed almost two years ago as the Princess has now turned two.

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But it's likely the couple's decorations have remained largely the same and the family are thought to have spend Christmas at home this year. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex last spent the festive period with the Royal Family on the Sandringham Estate in 2018.

Prince Harry spoke about his first Christmas without the royal family in his explosive tell-all, Spare. He explained that he and Meghan bought a "magnificent" tree for their Montecito home in 2020.

Harry with his mother-in-law Doria Ragland, wife Meghan and son Archie (Netflix)

He added that they had purchased "one of the biggest spruces" from a pop-up in Santa Barbara, and decorated it with a very special ornament that paid tribute to his family in the UK. The couple opened presents on Christmas Eve, in line with Harry's family tradition which made him feel both "happy" and "weird," he wrote.

"One present was a little Christmas ornament of...the Queen! I roared. What the—? Meg had spotted it in a local store and thought I might like it. I held it to the light. It was Granny’s face to a T," Harry said in his memoir. "I hung it on an eye-level branch. It made me happy to see her there. It made Meg and me smile."

He went on to share that their son Prince Archie, then 19 months old, had a small accident with their tree and the ornament that Meghan had bought for him. "But then Archie, playing around the tree, jostled the stand, shook the tree, and Granny fell. I heard a smash and turned. Pieces lay all over the floor," Harry explained.

"Archie ran and grabbed a spray bottle. For some reason he thought spraying water on the broken pieces would fix it. Meg said: No, Archie, no - do not spray Gan-Gan! I grabbed a dustpan and swept up the pieces, all the while thinking: 'This is weird.'"

Jessica Gibb