Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet feature in Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s surprise 2024 Christmas card

On December 17, 2024By Littum

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have released their annual digital Christmas card featuring images from various events throughout the year.

Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet are both attending for the first time in three years, along with three dogs.

The card, addressed from Prince Harry and Meghan, was also sent on behalf of Archewell Productions and the Archewell Foundation as in previous years.

Using American wording, the front of the card read: “We wish you a very happy holiday and a happy new year.”

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have released their annual Christmas card featuring images from various events throughout the year

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Lilibet was dressed in a summer dress while Archie looked smart in jeans and a khaki shirt as they are pictured running into their parents’ open arms.

Both young royals’ vibrant red hair was on display, with Lilibet sporting long auburn locks.

It’s a rare glimpse of the young prince and princess, who were last seen briefly appearing in the couple’s docu-series Harry & Meghan, which debuted on Netflix in December 2022.

The last time Archie and Lilibet featured in their parents’ Christmas card was back in 2021, when they appeared in a portrait taken by Harry and Meghan’s wedding photographer, Alexi Lubomirski.

Princess Lilibet was dressed in a summer dress, while Prince Archie looked smart in jeans and a khaki shirt as they are pictured running into their parents’ open arms

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The portrait showed Meghan holding then six-month-old baby Lilibet, while proud dad Harry beamed with his mini-me son Archie.

Five other photos are taken from several public engagements, including their trip to Columbia in August and their visit to Nigeria.

The card uses the same layout, font and colors from their 2023 release.

However, the pair have shared a six-photo collage instead of last year’s single photo, taken during the closing ceremony of the 2023 Invictus Games in Germany.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex used a photo taken during the closing ceremony of the 2023 Invictus Games in Germany for their card last year

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The family of four is all set to spend the festive season at their California abode.

They were reportedly not invited by King Charles to the royal family’s traditional annual gathering at Sandringham Estate.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex established the Archewell Foundation as a platform for their philanthropic work in 2020 and have included their charity in the release of their Christmas cards for the past three years.

Archewell Productions, also included on the map, is the Sussex Netflix outfit which recently released its latest five-part docu-series project, Polo