Princess Lilibet appeared to draw inspiration from her older cousin Princess Charlotte in Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s new Christmas card.
The Archewell Foundation’s season greetings included a new photograph of the couple’s rarely seen children, Prince Archie and Lilibet.
It gave the public a glimpse of Lilibet for the first time in two years, since a photo from her first birthday was last posted in 2022.
Lilibet, now three years old, was seen with her mother’s long, flowing hair and was also sporting a very familiar dress.
Although the photo was taken from a distance, Lilibet could be seen lovingly running towards her father, Prince Harry, and was wearing a sweet baby blue polka dot dress with white socks.
It’s a style loved by nine-year-old Princess Charlotte, who has often been seen wearing a very similar version of the printed dress, with a similar cut. However, it is not known if the cousins ever met.
In 2018, Charlotte was seen wearing a light blue dress with a floral print and white collar while visiting St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington to visit her little brother, Prince Louis.
In more recent years, the mid-Wales girl has put a sophisticated touch to her beloved look, adding dark blue tights and Mary Janes when she attended the Easter Sunday service with her mother Kate in 2023, paired with a blue print dress. £65 from Rachel Riley. .
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have released their new Christmas card, featuring a rare glimpse of their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
It’s a style loved by nine-year-old Princess Charlotte, who has often been seen wearing a very similar version of the printed dress, with a similar cut. Photographed in 2018
While attending Wimbledon in summer 2023, Charlotte once again made her taste for her favorite design known, choosing a lightly floral dress dotted with blue flowers.
Royal fans were quick to notice the similarities, with one writing: “Why is Lilibet dressed like Princess Charlotte?”
Another noted: “She’s Princess Charlotte down to her socks.”
Harry and Meghan’s Archewell Foundation’s season’s greetings showcased the highlights of the Sussexes’ year, including photos from their four-day visit to Colombia in August.
The card was shared on X/Twitter by the Sussexes’ long-time friend and royal reporter Omid Scobie.
Scobie, who wrote the couple’s biography Finding Freedom, captioned his post: “The Sussexes share the highlights of their year in the Archewell 2024 Christmas card.”
One of the images featured on the festive card showed Princess Lilibet running into Prince Harry’s arms, while Meghan, 42, held her arms open for a hug from Prince Archie.
The couple’s three dogs were also part of the family portrait that was released Monday.
Reacting to the image, royal fans said they couldn’t believe how old Archie, five, and Lilibet, three, were, and Harry and Meghan’s children were rarely seen in public.
One comment read: “The kids are so big.”
In more recent years, the mid-Wales girl has added a sophisticated touch to her beloved look, adding dark blue tights and Mary Janes when she attended the Easter Sunday service with her mother Kate in 2023.
While attending Wimbledon in summer 2023, Charlotte once again made her taste for her favorite design known, choosing a lightly floral dress dotted with blue flowers.
Prince George and Princess Charlotte attend the Maserati Royal Charity Polo Trophy in Beaufort Park in 2018
Harry and Meghan’s Archewell Foundation’s season’s greetings showcased the highlights of the Sussexes’ year, including photos from their four-day visit to Colombia in August.
A photo of the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan, during a visit to a children’s school in Colombia
Another person added: ‘Look at the kids. They’ve grown a lot.’
A third X user noticed the children’s bright red hair, like that of their father, the Duke of Sussex.
The card also included a personal message from the Sussexes, which read: “On behalf of the office of Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Archewell Productions and Archewell Foundations.
“We wish you a very happy holidays and a prosperous new year.”
Several people were delighted to see “a glimpse of the kids” on the new card, with one person adding: “How nice to see a photo of your kids.”
‘They’re really redheads!’
Another comment read: ‘Okay, of course I went straight to the kids’ photo! Redheads!! Like my grandchildren!! I love it!!’
A third user exclaimed: ‘OMG. There (sic) the babies have such red hair!!’
Prince Harry places a kiss on Meghan’s forehead in a photo taken during their four-day visit to Colombia in August.
The Sussexes during their visit to Nigeria in May this year
Prince Harry and Meghan recently released their new Netflix docuseries about polo which has been widely criticized.
Prince Harry during a visit to the wards of the Nigerian military hospital in Kaduna
While their new ‘Christmas’ card celebrates some of the couple’s biggest moments, Harry and Meghan’s latest project, a Netflix documentary series about polo chic, has received scathing reviews from critics.
The five-part docuseries, which premiered on December 10, focuses on the preparations for the Polo World Cup in Florida and focuses primarily on players such as Adolfo and Poroto Cambiaso, Timmy Dutta and Nacho Figueras.
The documentary, part of Harry and Meghan’s £80million deal with Netflix, promised it would show “the true depth and spirit of the sport” as well as the “intensity of its high-stakes moments”.
However, upon its release, any hopes of Polo joining the ranks of great sports documentaries such as Disney+’s Welcome to Wrexham and 2020’s The Last Dance were quickly dashed, with critics largely panning the “boring” series. .
Receiving two stars or less out of five across the board, the show has been labeled “a tedious look inside posh polo” and a “mostly boring look at a sport in which very few people outside of elite circles have some particular interest.” .
Harry and Meghan, who served as executive producers on the series, make an appearance in the documentary in no time, and fans had to wait until episode five to see the couple.
The Telegraph’s Ed Power noted that “there weren’t enough Sussexes to make this anything more than a boring indulgence about a rich person’s quest.”
A still image from Harry and Meghan’s new Netflix docuseries, Polo, which premiered on December 10.
Earlier this month, it was revealed that Prince Harry and Meghan will not be joining the royal family for Christmas this year as they have reportedly not been invited to the festivities.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have reportedly not received an invitation to the royal Christmas at Sandringham.
They are expected to spend the Christmas holidays in the United States with their children Archie and Lilibet.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved to Montecito, California, after they stepped down as senior members of The Firm in January 2020.
Meghan previously revealed how the Sussexes celebrate the holidays in the United States in an interview with Marie Claire, noting that the festivities are always “low-key.”
She said: “We always make sure we have something to do,” the duchess told the magazine. ‘Like any other family, you spend time enjoying a great meal and then what do you do? Playing, all the same, someone brings a guitar, fun.’
The former Suits actress also emphasized the importance of making “room at your table for your friends who don’t have family,” like feminist icon Gloria Steinem, who once joined the Sussexes’ Thanksgiving party.
Meghan, who married Harry in 2018, added that it is important to the couple that Archie and Lilibet experience the “magic” of festive traditions, such as putting out “carrots for the reindeer” at Christmas.