Inside Royal Family’s Christmas plans – and the four royals banned | Royal | News
Although the start of the festive season is still a good few months away, the Royal Family is believed to be already preparing for the big day. Every year the royal family gathers at Sandringham in Norfolk to spend December 25 together, and this year will be no exception.
Although autumn has only just begun, invitations to Sandringham for Christmas Day are believed to have been sent out by the Firm to wider family members. The big day will begin at nearby St. Petersburg for the festive ceremony. It will be hosted by King Charles and Queen Camilla, who also lead the annual Christmas Day parade to the church of Mary Magdalene.
They then host an impressive Christmas dinner, followed by games and quality family time not unlike those taking place all over the country.
While there’s no doubt that members of the Royal Family are looking forward to the annual celebration, with only a few months left now, this won’t be the case for every royal. That’s because four royals won’t be getting invites this year.
Although unconfirmed, it is believed that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who quit royal life in 2020, will not be on the Christmas Day guest list.
This will come as little surprise to the couple, who have reportedly not received an invitation to a family event since leaving the UK five years ago.
They are believed to have last spent December 25 with the Royal Family at Christmas in 2018, before their son Prince Archie was born.
Harry and Meghan, along with their two children, are not believed to be the only relatives of the King not invited to Sandringham, as Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson are also said to have been struck off the guest list.
It comes after both the King’s brother and his ex-wife found themselves at the center of further scandals over their past friendship with late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. One of those scandals resulted in a public relations nightmare for Sarah, 65, who emailed Epstein after he was released from prison in 2011 for child sex crimes. The email apologizing for publicly rejecting her is believed to have been sent out of fear that she would be sued for libel.
While not being invited will upset Andrew and Sarah, who are both 65, it may not come as a surprise to the pair, who were not at Sandringham on December 25 last year. This was because just a few weeks before the 2024 Eid celebration, it was revealed that Andrew had befriended a suspected Chinese spy; The duke claimed the friendship ended when suspicions about the businessman first emerged.
It has not been publicly revealed which royal family is currently on the Sandringham Christmas Day invitation list.
