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King Charles III of Great Britain did not invite his youngest son Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle to join the family for Christmas, which the monarchs traditionally celebrate at Sandringham Palace.

Unlike the Welsh royals, William and Kate Middleton, who will celebrate Christmas Eve with their families, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have to put up with a “bitter” feeling of homesickness.

The couple, as an insider told People magazine, and their children, Prince Archie, 4, and Princess Lilibeth, 3, will spend the holiday in the United States. Harry and Meghan have not celebrated Christmas with their royal relatives since they got married in 2018.

According to The Mirror, the New Year’s Eve season is particularly upsetting for Charles’ youngest son. “For Harry, it reminds him that he has no one in his family to celebrate with. The kids won’t get to see their cousins, and that was one of his favorite things as a kid – all the cousins playing together at Sandringham. It may even hurt him to see all the royals together, going to church and just enjoying each other’s company,” said a source close to the Duke.

Meanwhile, Markle also faces emotional swings during the holidays due to family tensions. While Meghan will likely celebrate with her mother, Doria Ragland, she remains estranged from her father, Thomas Markle.

Speaking to OK! Magazine, the source added: “Meghan has only her mother, as the chances of reconciliation between her and her father are almost zero.” In her documentary for Netflix, the Duchess of Sussex revealed that she broke off relations with her father before marrying Prince Harry after he was caught collaborating with the paparazzi for money.

As a reminder, Harry, 40, and Meghan, 43, were also not invited to the Trooping the Color parade in June this year, the annual celebration of King Charles’s birthday, which took place a month after the prince and his father did not meet when the Duke of Sussex was at home. At the time, the Duke’s spokesman explained the missed meeting by the King’s “tight schedule” amid ongoing tensions between Harry, his father Charles and his older brother, Prince William.