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Prince Harry\u2019s last appearance at the royal family\u2019s holiday celebration was in 2018, just a few months after Markle and he wed<\/a>. Less than six months later, Prince Archie<\/strong>, the couple\u2019s first child, was born<\/a>. By January 2020, Harry and Meghan announced that they were stepping<\/a> down from their royal duties and moving to the US, a decision punctuated the following year with a bombshell interview<\/a> with Oprah Winfrey,<\/strong> during which the couple detailed allegedly toxic treatment while living in the midst of the royal family<\/a>.<\/p>\n Since their move to California, the couple have seen little of the royal family, with the 2022 funeral of Queen Elizabeth<\/a> and a brief visit between Harry and his father, Charles<\/a> following the latter’s cancer diagnosis this February. The meeting stoked hopes in some corners that the crisis would mend the separation within the family, or that Middleton\u2019s announcement<\/a> of her own cancer struggle the following month might bring the factions together.<\/p>\n Those wishes were dashed in June, when it became clear that Meghan and Harry would not be in attend Trooping the Colour\u2014though that disappointment was tempered by Middleton\u2019s appearance at the event<\/a> amid her chemotherapy journey. According to a source who spoke with People,<\/em> at this point Harry\u2019s calls to his father \u201cgo unanswered. He has tried to reach out about the King\u2019s health, but those calls go unanswered too.\u201d<\/p>\n Neither the Duke and Duchess of Sussex nor the royal family have officially commented on the ongoing rift, which, while higher-profile and grander than most, is likely relatable to the slews of people who have parted ways<\/a> with their families in recent years, a mental-health-forward trend known as family estrangement<\/a>. But even before Meghan and Harry made their break with the family, Harry\u2019s mother, Princess Diana, spoke openly about how much she disliked spending Christmas at Sandringham.<\/p>\n