Meghan Markle is getting candid on the holidays.
The Duchess of Sussex, 43, revealed to Marie Claire on Friday that she and Prince Harry, 40, had a special guest pay them a visit on Thanksgiving.
“Like many of us, I think you always make sure there’s room at the table for your friends who don’t have family, which is really key,” Markle said before revealing that feminism advocate Gloria Steinem once joined the family.
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Markle also confessed her and Harry’s Thanksgiving party is “always pretty low-key” but that “being close to my mom is great.”
The podcast host’s mom, Doria Ragland, is based in Los Angeles and reportedly has a two-bedroom guesthouse on Markle’s Montecito, Calif., property when she is in town to visit.
The “Suits” alum also told the outlet that she and her family always make sure they do “something fun to do” over the holidays.
“I love the holidays,” Markle said, adding that her kids Princess Lilibet and Prince Archie are now “three and five, so every year it gets better.”
She continued, “At first, I think as a mom with children you’re just enjoying having them there, but they’re not understanding everything that’s happening yet. But now we’re at the age where I just can’t wait to see it through their lens every year.”
That includes finding new activities to do each year.
“Like any other family you spend time having a great meal and then what do you do? Play games, all the same stuff, someone brings a guitar — fun,” Markle explained. “Every single holiday is a new adventure.”
The producer added that it’s important for her to create the “magic” of traditions for her kids, like “great recipes” and “carrots for reindeers” during Christmas.
In 2021, Meghan told Ellen DeGeneres about her Thanksgiving plans for that year: “I love to cook, we’ll be home and just relax and sort of settle in. It’s our second Thanksgiving home in California, so it will be nice.”
Despite the Sussexes deciding to stay stateside this year, they reportedly received an invite to spend Christmas with Princess Diana’s side of the family.
“Charles [Spencer] has invited Harry, Meghan and the children to Althorp this Christmas,” a source told the Express in September.
“It’s far too early to say whether they will take him up on it, but the offer is there if they want it.”
