Blagdansko vrijeme trebalo bi biti rezervirano za zabavu i veselje, no Meghanin prvi Božić s kraljevskom obitelji napravio je pravu pomutnju. Problem je naime nastao nakon što je princ Harry s medijima podijelio dojmove o prvom zajedničkom Božiću s Megan i pritom izjavio: 'Sve je dobro savladala i stvarno je uživala. Mislim da smo mi obitelj koju nikad nije imala.' Zbog njegove izjave da Megan nikada nije imala pravu obitelj, prozvanom se našla njezina polusestra Samantha, a svoje je nezadovoljstvo pokazala na društvenim mrežama.
'Meghan zapravo ima veliku obitelj koja je uvijek bila uz nju. Nakon što se moj otac razveo od Meghanine majke Dorie, sve je ostalo isto samo što smo živjeli na različitim adresama. Nitko se nije udaljio, samo je Meghan imala previše posla', izjavila je Samantha.Actually she has a large family who were always there with her and for her. Our household was very normal and when dad and Doria divorced, we all made it so it was like she had two houses. No one was estranged ,she was just too busy. Read my book complete with facts and photos
— Samantha Markle (@SamanthaMGrant) December 27, 2017
Meg's family(our family) is complete with sister, brother,aunts, uncles, cousins, and the glue of our family, our amazing completely self-sacrificing father. She always had this family,..Marrying merely extends it.