Almost all the Royal Household travelled to Sandringham to spend Christmas with the King , Queen and different members of the Agency – however there was one shock absence

King Charles led a close to full contingent of royals to church on Christmas morning as a part of Agency’s annual festive celebrations. Because the household walked the quick distance from Sandringham Home to St Mary Magdalene’s Church, the King was joined by the likes of the Queen, Prince and Princess of Wales in addition to Princess Anne and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, for the particular service.

Even Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, together with their husbands, opted to hitch their royal kinfolk for the celebrations – regardless of their disgraced father, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, staying away. Nonetheless, one other royal who did not participate within the annual Sandringham gathering this 12 months was one other much-loved member of the family – Peter Phillips.

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The son of Princess Anne didn’t be part of his royal kinfolk, together with his sister Zara Tindall, for the large day, and his cause for skipping the festivities has been defined. Based on Hey!, Peter determined to spend Christmas along with his fiancée Harriet Sperling and her household.

Final 12 months, NHS nurse Harriet was scheduled to work however the publication reviews that this 12 months, the couple determined to spend Christmas collectively quietly, away from the general public eye.

It was again in August that Peter, the King’s oldest nephew, revealed he was engaged to be married to Harriet after a 12 months of relationship. The pair confirmed their engagement with the King and Peter’s cousin Prince William stated to have been knowledgeable, with each delighted for the couple.

Peter, 48, was beforehand married to Autumn Kelly, with whom he has two daughters Isla and Savannah. He additionally dated long-term associate Lindsay Wallace earlier than they cut up final 12 months and he later discovered love with Harriet, an NHS nurse.

Peter and Harriet first made their debut as a pair simply over a 12 months in the past after they each appeared collectively on the Badminton Horse Trials, the place mum-of-one Harriet mingled with Peter’s mum, Anne, sister-in-law to be Zara, in addition to Queen Camilla.

The couple have been noticed collectively at plenty of social occasions collectively, equivalent to Wimbledon in addition to Cheltenham Races in January. In June, they appeared at Royal Ascot collectively the place Harriet, who has additionally beforehand been married, made her debut in one of many carriages throughout the royal procession – with the transfer being seen as a big signal of her transferring into the royal fold.

In the meantime, one other set of members of the family lacking from the Sandringham celebrations have been Queen Camilla’s youngsters, Tom Parker Bowles and Laura Lopes, and their households.

For the primary time final 12 months, Camilla’s youngsters and grandchildren spent Christmas at Sandringham, though they opted out of the general public stroll to church on Christmas morning.

Nonetheless, in a current interview, Tom defined they’d not be there this 12 months, saying that they’d alternate years through which they went to the royal residence.