Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are involved in a Christmas tradition with popstar Katy Perry and her husband Orlando Bloom.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are neighbours with the A-lister couple in Montecito, California.
Harry and Meghan will spend Christmas in the US with their young children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet after not being invited to spend the festive period with the Royal Family.
Katy Perry opened up on her plans for Christmas in Los Angeles and her bid to get her neighbours involved.
She said: “We are going to be home in America and actually we are going to do something we do every year.
“We rent a trolley and we dress up, and there’s lights on the trolley, and we go to all of the neighbours in my home town and we see all of their lights.
“Sometimes there is hot cocoa and I’m dressed like The Grinch and it’s going to be super fun.
“We go caroling. We are going to go and knock on people’s doors and do some carols.”
Prince Harry revealed that he and Orlando Bloom often text about security as they live in close proximity to each other.
The Duke of Sussex said: “We sort of keep in contact because of the paparazzi.
“He sent me a photograph which his security got of this long-haired guy with a beanie on, with his AirPods in, with his massive camera, lying in the back of his 4×4 truck, blacked-out windows.”
It comes as Katy Perry has agreed to be the headline performer for the opening ceremony of next year’s Invictus Games in Vancouver.
The two couples’ friendship was further evidenced last year when the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were spotted in VIP seats alongside Celine Dion at Perry’s Fireworks concert in Las Vegas.
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The American singer, 40, will take to the stage at the February 2025 event, marking a significant coup for Prince Harry’s international sporting competition.
Katy Perry is the most prominent artist to ever perform at the games, which will be hosted across Vancouver and Whistler.
Perry and her partner, British actor Orlando Bloom, were among the guests at Harry and Meghan’s daughter Lilibet’s third birthday celebration at their £20m mansion.
The two couples’ friendship was further evidenced last year when the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were spotted in VIP seats alongside Celine Dion at Perry’s Fireworks concert in Las Vegas.