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The nation was expecting to see Her Majesty The Queen at last Sunday’s annual Remembrance Service at the Cenotaph, but a back sprain stopped her from attending. Her absence, which followed a hospital stay last month, raises questions over what the Royal Family’s Christmas celebration will look like this year, with speculations that Prince William and Kate, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge may take the reins instead.
The Queen, 95, was forced to cancel a range of engagements, including COP26, after doctors ordered her to rest.
She was committed to being at Remembrance Sunday in person in what would have been the Monarch’s first public engagement in nearly a month.
On the day of the event, however, the Palace announced a change of plans.
Royal commentator Alastair Bruce told Sky News: “I expect the Queen is immensely aggravated, she really feels that this is one of the principal roles that she performs.”
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Even though the public has been reassured Her Majesty is “in good spirits”, it is thought she may not be fit enough to host Christmas at Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.
But considering it is the first festive season Her Majesty will spend without her late husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, this Christmas feels like a particularly sensitive time – and thus, an important one to be well-surrounded.
Besides, last year marked the first time in over three decades she didn’t spend Christmas at Sandringham, as coronavirus restrictions meant the Royal Family could not get together for their usual celebration, with the Queen and Philip spending it “quietly” at Windsor Castle.
Everything points at the closest members of the Firm to be excited at the prospect of getting back to their usual ways.
The role of William and Kate within the Firm has gained strength since the death of Prince Philip in April.
The two — alongside Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall — are the most popular royals.
Their list of commitments and the causes they engage with only reinforce the British public’s already-positive sentiment towards William and Kate, both 39.
The parents-of-three spent last Christmas at Anmer Hall with Prince George, eight, Prince Charlotte, six, and Prince Louis, three.
For Christmas 2021, it would not come as a surprise if the family decided the couple to be in charge of organising the day.
Whether at Sandringham or Anmer Hall, it will surely be a moment of further bonding between the Queen and the Cambridges, as Prince Louis is poised to join the Monarch for a royal Christmas tradition for his very first time – a service at St Mary Magdalene Church on December 25.
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