The Queen will spend Christmas Day with Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla, a Clarence House spokesperson has confirmed.
- The Queen will be joined by Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla for Christmas Day, a Clarence House spokesperson has confirmed.
- The news comes shortly after it was announced that Princess Anne's husband has tested positive for Covid-19.
- In other royal news, Prince Louis' heartbreak as major festive debut canceled days before Christmas.
Royal fans, breathe a sigh of relief—the Queen won't be spending Christmas Day on her lonesome.
Clarence House has confirmed that Her Majesty will be joined by Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles on Saturday, for her first festive holiday without Prince Philip. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of the Cornwall will drive to Windsor Castle from their London residence to keep the 95-year-old monarch company, after spending last Christmas together at their country retreat of Highgrove House in Gloucestershire.
The exciting update comes shortly after the news that Princess Anne is to miss the Queen's Christmas because her husband Sir Timothy Lawrence has tested positive for Covid-19. The Princess Royal has not contracted the virus herself but has decided to self-isolate at the couple's home in Gatcombe Park as a precautionary measure.
On Tuesday, Buckingham Palace announced that the Queen had canceled her plans to host the Royal Family for Christmas at Sandringham House due to concerns over the rise in the Omicron variant.
The royals traditionally come together at the Norfolk estate for 48 hours of festive fun and delicious food but have been unable to do so now for two years in a row. In pre-pandemic times, the Queen would host dozens of guests for Christmas. This year, however, she is expected to only be joined by a "small hard core" group of 15 people. She'll also have to abstain from some of her favorite holiday pastimes, including the Queen's Christmas gift tradition.
"They just won’t want people mixing very much," royal commentator Phil Dampier told the Sun. “And then in the evening they used to play games of charades and things—but again I think that will be out of the window.”
It has yet to be confirmed who else will attend the festivities at the Berkshire property this weekend, but it's been speculated that Prince William and Kate Middleton will pay a visit with their three children. Prince Andrew, Prince Edward, and Sophie Wessex are also expected to join the celebrations.
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