Harry and Meghan deliver a joy-filled Christmas gift

Montecito, California – Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have delivered their Christmas card with a serving of goodwill, and it's bringing cheer to fans across the world.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle shared their Christmas card on Thursday with a note that they had made donations on behalf of their fans.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle shared their Christmas card on Thursday with a note that they had made donations on behalf of their fans.  © Collage: 123RF/galeja & IMAGO/i Images

Season's greetings!

The former royals have publically released their annual holiday card on Christmas Eve Eve, and it's serving up lots of comfort and joy.

It offers up the very first photo of their daughter Lilibet Diana, who was born in June. She is smiling wide as mama bear Meghan lifts her into the air.

It also features the couple in matching denim jeans with their 2-year-old Archie Harrison, who is donning bright red locks and is the spitting image of his dad.

The couple used the opportunity to bring attention to greater causes.

"As we look forward to 2022, we have made donations on your behalf to several organizations that honor and protect families – from those being relocated from Afghanistan, to American families in need of paid parental leave," they wrote.

They then included links to seven organizations that support their efforts.

The holiday photo was first shared by Team Rubicon, a disaster relief NGO the couple has supported in its work to resettle Afghan families after the US' withdrawal from the country this summer.

The Sussexes' family moment was captured by photographer Alexi Lubomirski at the couple's home in California, who called the shoot a "joyous experience."

"To be able to continue the story of this family whom I first photographed as an engaged couple, then on the day of their wedding, as a married couple and now seeing their love manifest into two beautiful children, has been a delightful honour," he wrote as he shared the photo on Thursday.

Meghan and Harry have had an eventful 2021: From their bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey in March, to Meghan winning her years-long court battle against the publisher of a UK tabloid in a landmark privacy case earlier this month.

The couple will be spending their second Christmas in California this year after reportedly declining an invitation from Harry's grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, to spend the holidays with the royal family.

Cover photo: Collage: 123RF/galeja & IMAGO/i Images

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