Daily Mail Diary editor Richard Eden, commenting on Palace Confidential, deems the couple's Christmas plans as 'pathetic,' highlighting the reliance on unconfirmed reports from sources rather than direct communication from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
"This situation is rather pathetic, isn't it? It brings to mind the awkwardness of a school disco, where, if you lacked the courage to ask someone to dance, you'd resort to saying, 'Oh, my friend fancies you .'"
Eden points out the absence of direct communication from Harry and Meghan, emphasizing that the information is relayed through friends. The Sunday Times reported that their friends are circulating the notion that the couple would appreciate an invitation to Sandringham for Christmas.
Eden suggests a more direct approach, proposing that the couple should have extended an invitation to the monarch to visit California, providing legitimacy to the circulating rumors.
"Come on, this isn't the way to go about it, is it? Perhaps they could have invited the King to California or something. But this ongoing narrative through friends appears increasingly insubstantial."
"The conventional approach would be to directly express the desire to spend Christmas together, like 'It'd be delightful to see you this Christmas - your place or ours?' Letting this information circulate through friends just comes off as rather feeble."
