By Katherine Tinsley
11:04am PST, Jan 5, 2026
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"She's [Meghan] done an absolutely amazing job. She's getting in there, and it's the family, I suppose that she never had,"
Prince Harry said on
BBC Radio 4 Today when asked about the Duchess of Sussex's first royal Christmas.
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Prince Harry later shared that their holiday celebration was "fantastic," adding that the royal family "loved" having Meghan Markle there.
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Samantha Markle,
Meghan Markle's half-sister, whom the duchess claimed she didn't grow up with, shut down
Prince Harry's claims.
"Our household was very normal, and when dad and
Doria [Ragland] divorced, we all made it so it was like she had two houses," Samantha said on X. "No one was estranged; she was just too busy. She always had this family; marrying merely extends it."
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"Though we weren't the classic family together on schedule for every holiday, we were family," Samantha Markle continued.
Samantha continues to dispute Meghan Markle's assertion that she grew up an "only child" and has pursued legal action over the claim.
