Like many families,the royal family has their own holiday traditions.

In 2020, the COVID-19 Pandemic and lockdown made some of those traditions a lot more difficult to execute.

One tradition that dates back years for the royal family is all about how they open their Christmas presents.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry smiling

The family gathers in the red Drawing Room on Christmas Eve, instead of Christmas Day.

There, they exchange inexpensive gifts of the silly variety.

In his memoir, “Spare, Harry wrote, “It was Christmas Eve.

Meghan and Harry laughing

We FaceTimed with several friends… We watched Archie running around the tree.

And we opened presents.”

They also kept “to the Windsor family tradition” with their gift exchange.

Prince Harry and baby Archie

“Meg had spotted it in a local store and thought I might like it,” he continued.

“I held it to the light.

It made me happy to see her there.”

“Archie, playing around the tree, jostled the stand, shook the tree, and Granny fell.

I heard a smash and turned.

Pieces lay all over the floor,” Harry recalled in his memoir.

He added, “Archie ran and grabbed a spray bottle.

For some reason he thought spraying water on the broken pieces would fix it.

Meg said: No, Archie, no do not spray Gan-Gan!

I grabbed a dustpan and swept up the pieces, all the while thinking: This is weird.”

“The inspiration runs deep,” Meghan explained, perPeople.

Not even for Christmas.'

" The proud mom then told Harriman, “So thank you for the inspiration across the board.”

Queen Elizabeth also loved photography and was often seen carrying her own Leica with her.

He may have talent for it just like his “Gan-Gan.”