Noble anger: the Uillam imprints are outraged if Sussex wakes up to being invited to Christmas.

Over the weekend in The Times, Roja Nikkha published one of the more ridiculous lies, from the same publication that brought us "the Duchess of Sussex insulted Kensington Palace staff, we promise!". "Sources" cited by Nikkha, who she claims are "friends of the Sussexes," said Prince Harry and Meghan wanted an invitation to spend Christmas at Sandringham with the Windsors, but no such invitation was forthcoming because the Windsors couldn't trust the Sussexes with their non-"leaks." You know, like how the palace provided information to Roy about Harry "rejecting" a birthday invitation, but Harry openly stated that it was a lie.

The whole psychodrama of the past week - the leaks about the birthday phone call, the information about the Sussexes wanting an invitation to Christmas - was initiated by the palace. All these stories are coming from Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace, period, end of.

The Daily Mail now has an update, because of course it does. The Sussexes can't be invited because then William and Kate wouldn't go to Sandringham! Harry and Meghan could agree to an invitation to Sandringham for Christmas but would not accept with much enthusiasm, sources claimed last week.

After reports that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are keen to mend their relationship and "wouldn't turn down" an invitation to join his majesty over the festive period, sources said the sudden "communication" from Monte Cito was "bizarre". And yesterday a claim in the Sunday Times from "friends of Sussex" who want to "change the game situation" and would "happily accept" an invitation prompted one source to tell the Mail: "It seems they really are continuing with their reconciliation strategy. "The soapy-eyed couple have tried to get an apology and an admission of 'guilt' - in vain, I might add - from the family, and now they're offering to just go back and leave past grievances behind, if only someone would be kind enough to invite them. "

The source indicated that the couple had received invitations from Queen Elizabeth and King Charles to visit the family at Balmoral over the summer, but had decided not to visit the family since 2018. They added: "Which begs the question, why now? Could it be because some of their commercial deals, such as Spotify, have fallen through and they've been subjected to ridicule in the US for shows like South Park and Family Guy? Maybe they've realized that complaining about how bad it is to be a member of the Royal Family isn't such a great strategy after all? "

The source noted that the invitation may not appeal to other high-ranking members of the royal family, including the Prince of Wales, whose relationship with his younger brother is now non-existent. There was much gossip in royal circles yesterday about whether the Welsh would attend Christmas if Harry and Meghan were invited, and Christmas with the Middleton family is becoming increasingly attractive.

Another royal family spokesperson has suggested to the Mail that the King is likely to invite Harry and Meghan to visit Scotland on New Year's Day when the Welshs are at their country house in Norfolk, Anmer Hall.

My theory about the origin of this story is as follows: Prince William, as usual, explodes with rage, this time over his father's obvious pleasure at being congratulated by the Sussexes on his birthday. Maybe Charles talked to William at his birthday party and let him know that the Sussexes would get a real invitation to a New Year's holiday in Scotland or something. William, then, furiously shared information with Roya (one of his minions and author of the famous "Other Brother" profile) that the Sussexes were desperate for a Christmas invitation, and then went to the Daily Mail and threatened to avoid Christmas at Sandringham. Funny thing is, now William and Kate have no other options - they can't live out Christmas in Bucklebury with Kate's cheating family. Carol and Michael are in hiding, they have no money, are millions in debt, and most importantly, William doesn't want to be seen with them. So, yes, although the information about the birthday phone call seemed to come straight from Buckingham Palace, this story about the Christmas invitation has a mysterious Peg energy. William desperately believes the Sussexes want to come because their life in California is not going smoothly. But the Sussexes aren't struggling. Photos courtesy of Cover Images, Backgrid.