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The Queen will not be visited on Christmas Day by Princess Anne whose husband has tested positive for covid.
On her first Christmas without Prince Philip, the monarch will also be without her daughter who has been forced to isolate at home this weekend.
It was confirmed on Wednesday that Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, 66, has caught the rapidly spreading virus and so must hunker down with the Princess Royal at Gatcombe Park.
Her husband's infection is also likely to ban Anne from celebrating the festive period for the first time with her nine-month-old grandson Lucas Tindall.
The disappointing news comes after the Queen made the difficult decision to cancel the royals' annual trip to Sandringham.
Instead she will remain in Windsor for the festive period, the Mirror reports.
Speaking about the Monarch's decision to scrap the royals' annual trip, a senior palace source told The Mirror: “The pre-Christmas family lunch will not be going ahead.
“The decision is a precautionary one as it is felt to put too many people’s Christmas arrangements at risk if it went ahead.
“While there is regret that it is cancelled, there is a belief it is the right thing to do for all concerned.” The Queen was due to fly to Sandringham today but instead is preparing to welcome her family to her Berkshire home.
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The Queen’s guests for Christmas Day are still understood to include Prince Charles and Camilla, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie and their children, Louise and James.
Prince William, Kate and their three children – Prince George, eight, Princess Charlotte, seven and Prince Louis, three – will spend Christmas Day at their Anmer Hall residence in Norfolk and intend to see the Queen over the holidays.
Prince Andrew, who lives on the Queen’s Windsor estate, is understood not to have confirmed his plans and is likely to spend Christmas day with his daughters Princess Eugenie, her husband Jack Brooksbank and their 10 month old son August, as well as Princess Beatrice, her husband Edo Mapelli Mozzi and their three month old daughter Sienna.
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The Duke of York’s ex-wife Sarah Ferguson is also understood to be set to join them, before the family visit the Queen later in the day.
Senior royals last week agreed to cut back on all but essential contacts to ensure the Queen would not be alone at Christmas, after like so many others last year being forced to be apart from her loved ones.
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The Queen spent the day with her late husband Prince Philip, who passed away in April aged 99, at Windsor Castle, where she has spent the majority of the pandemic after being evacuated from London at the start of the crisis.
Palace officials constructed ‘HMS Bubble’ – the codeword used for the stringent programme of isolation needed to keep Her Majesty safe from the Covid-19 disease.
Her Majesty had already cancelled her pre-Christmas lunch for extended family.
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