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Prince William and Princess Kate will not attend ‘s pre-Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace in London.

The Prince and Princess of Wales are already at their Anmer Hall country retreat, in Sandringham, Norfolk, England, where they will spend the holidays with their children , and .

They will therefore miss the pre-Christmas lunch held today at Buckingham Palace in the English capital for a wide cross-section of the royal family.

The Wales family will, however, attend the royal celebrations over Christmas in Sandringham, meaning they will still get a chance to spend family time with Charles, Queen Camilla and the rest of the family.

Fans can also likely look forward to seeing them on the walk to church on Christmas morning.

The pre-Christmas lunch is held annually, including during the reign of , and in 2018 was the occasion on which there was a backlash against Princess Michael of Kent for wearing a racist brooch.

This is a developing story and will be updated.