The Sussex Family Christmas Card

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Shared by Meghan on Instagram.

Meghan Shares the Sweetest Christmas Photo with Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet

Just as an update for your files @BlueThunder

Have a read of this:

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle down to just 2 charity staffers out of desperation to save cash: ‘All smoke and mirrors’

Just reported. Those poor suffering grieving parents that these grasping, grubby, grabbing, grifters exploited and tossed aside.

https://pagesix.com/2025/12/22/royal-family/prince-harry-amp-meghan-markle-down-to-just-2-staffers-for-charity/

Yes. There seems to be no acknowledgement whatsoever of Meghan's background.

That article is savage. The level of costs are crazy, for the income they are bringing in.

Imagine what the 2025 financials will look like ? has to be even worse than 2024 if it means they were forced to shut down their foundation.

There's always something shady going on behind the scenes with these two. The more adverse publicity they get the more reluctant people will be to get involved with them. I mean would you? Real philanthropists - well you rarely hear about them.

I wonder do they have to organise shady tours so they can charge all their security costs to the foundation ?

Harry learned from the best about shady stuff going on behind the scenes. 🧐

I wonder if they will downsize to a more affordable house ?

Very interesting article . Can I ask someone who knows more than I do , what will the financial “ reward” be for M and H to put their name to a film ?

She's trying to get a Daily Fail headline about a "sweet nod to Diana" 🙄- by recreating the see-through skirt that Diana inadvertently posed for pictures wearing in 1980

Ouch I thought page six was their friendly mouth piece.

2024 was just awful

Archewell
received income of $2.1 million
spent $5.1 million
made a loss of $3 million and had to use reserves to cover it

However the details are even worse

• They gave $1.25 million to charitable causes
• But spent almost $1 million on salaries including $670,000 (with bonuses) to just 3 senior staff
• "other expenses" - that are not broken down totalled $3 million - tripled from £1million in 2023

So basically they spent $5 million to raise $2 million and gave away to charitable causes just $1,25 - therefore their "expenses" were around 4 times their charitable giving.

Their expenses and salaries seem to be totally out of control for a small charity start up - blowing $500K on 2 "co-CEOs"

I think also the vanity faux royal tours to Nigeria and Colombia must have been very expensive for Archewell but does not appear to have generated new funding.

It never ceases to amaze me just how bad they seem to be at absolutely everything. They were all set to modernise and transform the British royal family. They could have had high profile and important roles with the Commonwealth, the military, the National Theatre, could have changed the world for the better through any charitable interest they took a fancy to. Now Meghan is selling mass produced jam online, Harry is making paid appearances at gatherings of Canadian estate agents, they lost the deals with Spotify and Netflix, Archewell is circling the plug hole, he’s had to resign from Sentebale, African Parks is a disaster, the latest lawsuit is on increasingly shaky ground, Meghan has been through writing, podcasting, American Riviera Orchard, WLM, shopify, she’s accused of bullying, stealing and grief tourism, they’re both proven liars and hugely hypocritical. An incredible fall from grace really. I find it mind-boggling how they could reach this destination from their starting point in such a short space of time.

I’d recognise Archie. But only because when they first moved to Montecito they went into town and watched some kind of town parade and there were pictures of Archie sitting on the Kerb watching it. I don’t think they knew the pictures had been taken till they were published and after seeing them twice I’ve never seen them again. I’d still recognise him though, these days he’s just a taller version of the wee boy on the kerb.

This, plus they genuinely don't seem to realise it, or accept any kind of advice. Even advice they themselves have purchased from experts at great expense! They seem to be absolutely convinced that they're in the right, and if things are falling apart it definitely must be someone else's fault, that everyone's out to get them. It's bizarre. It's so difficult to understand how every single thing they do seems to be the exact wrong thing, to the point you have to wonder whether it's deliberate?! If they were just flipping coins you'd expect them to get stuff right about half the time, but I can't think of the last sensible thing they did. If they had just hired a good team and (most importantly!) listened to them, they could have been superstars by now.

Actually I’ve just found them again. There’s quite a few and Lilibet is in them as well. Both children full on. It was a 4th of July parade in Montecito and maybe it’s because of these pictures they then took the stance they have.

The aim of these tours or anything from AF is never to generate new funding for the charitable causes but to solely raise their personal brands so that they can flog more groceries.

Wonder how much stuff she sells on As ever ?

Who is still giving them money to redistribute and cream off the top for expenses?
They aren’t and never will be philanthropists, they don’t have the money. There’s also no real focus to their work, it’s just about public reaction. It’s not like the Gates and Immunisation.

California law is very strict on paparazzi photos of children, for media to use them they need parental permission.
Obviously private SM accounts are different, not sure how the laws deal with that.

Under California law they can't be published without Harry and/or Meghan's permission.

I don’t know why they insist on showing any photos of their children. It’s very poor parenting. I wish parents would protect their children better, but then we have William and Kate letting their children be hugged by strangers. This is even poorer parenting.

If something happens to any of these children, the parents will regret exposing them to such attention. I don’t believe any of this is in the children’s best interest, it’s just adults using them for their own benefit and I find it disgusting.

I would have thought both William and Harry would have learnt lessons from the past and not done this due to their own experiences but seemingly not.

I think it must be difficult for the RF to find the right line - no contact and they are accused of not being in touch and not being with the "poor people"etc . Too much access and people get a sense of entitlement.

I think it’s fairly obvious to anyone that strangers feeling able to ask for hugs, and getting them, is too much access.

At the children’s ages, a smile, wave and a merry Xmas from them as they walk past is enough, if they’re comfortable with that.

William and Catherine are comfortable hugging strangers, their DC are following suit. I’m sure they’ve talked to them about boundaries and personal comfort and safety, but they also know there are certain expectations which go with the job.

Only in Britain do people get panic stricken about this stuff, in Europe children still get a lot of affection from strangers and are not psychologically damaged by it.