Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry reportedly weeks away from relocation to US
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are considering setting up a second base in the US and are reportedly using their upcoming trip to California to test out the move.
The trip to California will be next month and is set to be baby Archie’s first visit to the States.
The Daily Mail have reported that the Sussex’s are set to take a six-week holiday over the Thanksgiving period to spend the holidays with Meghan’s mum Doria Ragland.
The trip will mean that it is the first Christmas since Prince Harry has been deployed in Afghanistan that he won’t be spending it with his family and The Queen.
A source spoke to The Sun about the move, saying that royal staff who work for the Queen and Prince Charles are concerned a move could pave an exit from the family.
“There's an acceptance that things haven't worked out with the Sussexes full-time in Windsor so they could have a second base in America.”
The Queen’s former butler Paul Burrell said to The Sun that the Queen will be “upset” by Prince Harry and Meghan not spending the holidays in Sandringham.
"She loves her family around her - she's a grannie and a mum,” he explained.
"She loves to have them all around her at Sandringham and take the little ones to decorate the Christmas tree. They put on the last baubles and she really revels in that."
However, despite being “upset” at the lack of attendance by the Sussex family, she understands that the family want a “different lifestyle”.
"But she understand as well that Harry and his new wife want a different lifestyle and Meghan is half-American so she's going to bring up her children half in America and half here.
"She's [Meghan] going to give them both cultures - that's clear to me."