“The thing about Christmas is that it’s all about goodwill to others, letting bygones be bygones, forgetting the past, moving into the New Year. So if there’s any point in the year that the families are going to communicate or touch base, it’s going to be over Christmas — there’s something magical about Christmas that gets families back together,” he said.
King Charles III’s ex-aide then shared how he hoped they would all be talking to one another, “whether that is done by text calls or FaceTime — I’d like to think FaceTime, but that’s something we will never know.”
He concluded, “I like to think deep down that things are moving in the right direction. I have a feeling that they are. I really do think they are, but that’s just my personal feeling.”
In November, and as expected by many, a source confirmed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had not been invited to spend that day with the royal family at Sandringham in Norfolk. Instead, the duo could be set to “totally snub” the monarchy and spend the festive season with another branch of their extended families in the English countryside.