William and Kate in West Norfolk - report

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Published: 08:53, 24 December 2021

| Updated: 08:53, 24 December 2021

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their family are expected to spend Christmas in West Norfolk despite the absence of the Queen at Sandringham.

National newspapers this morning reported that William and Kate will be spending the break at their home at Anmer Hall.

Joining them and children George, aged eight, Charlotte, six, and Louis, three, will be some of the Middleton family.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, with their children George, Charlotte and Louis, join the applause at Anmer Hall during the lockdown

This means that the Cambridges will not be seeing the Queen over Christmas at Windsor.

Her Majesty will be joined by Prince Charles and the Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, it has been announced.

This is the first Christmas the Queen has faced since her husband the Duke of Edinburgh died in April. He spent the final years of his life living at Sandringham.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during their visit to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn as part of the NHS birthday celebrations. PA Photo. Picture date: Sunday July 5, 2020. See PA story HEALTH Coronavirus. Photo credit should read: Joe Giddens/PA Wire. (53939040)

The Queen usually comes up to Sandringham just before Christmas and stays until Accession Day in early February, the day her father died at Sandringham in 1952.

Covid has made that impossible this year. However, there is speculation that the Queen will travel up to Sandringham in January for a stay.

Anmer Hall sits in the grounds of HM the Queen's Royal Sandringham Estate. The property has five bedrooms and three receptions.

Christmas Mark Leslie