It’s been reported that Meghan Markle, newly-minted princess and source of much British consternation, had banned husband Prince Harry from participating in a very specific royal family Christmas tradition: the annual Boxing Day pheasant hunt.
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Apparently on the grounds of her animal-loving activism, rumours had been flying that Markle had specifically banned Harry from bloodsports – but now reports are emerging that she never said anything about the pheasant hunt in particular.
The pheasant hunt supposedly takes place after breakfast on Boxing Day, on the royal family’s Sandringham estate. Harry missed last year’s bird-murder spree, which people obviously took to mean that he’d be skipping this year too.
However, a palace source told the Daily Mail:
It’s completely untrue that Her Royal Highness has banned the Duke from shooting.
Markle reportedly is a keen animal lover who completely eschews fur and eats vegan during the week, and has, hilariously, been encouraging Harry to “eat more fruit and vegetables“. Obviously being healthy is not hilarious, but the idea of a crown prince needing to be encouraged by his wife to eat his greens is pretty funny.
Anyway, some pals of Harry’s have said that he’s been shooting with them a bunch since he and Megs got hitched, and that he even bought a new Labrador puppy especially to be his gun dog.
So yep, sounds like some pheasants are gonna get shot the hell outta the sky come Boxing Day, but frankly who cares – where are the pics of this Lab puppy? THE WORLD NEEDS TO SEE THE ROYAL POOCH.
