The British royal family will be missing two more members this Christmas.
Prince Andrew’s daughters Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice, whom he shares with ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, will not spend the holiday at King Charles III’s Sandringham estate this year, according to multiple outlets.
Instead, Eugenie, who is married to Jack Brooksbank, and Beatrice, whose husband is Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, are expected to spend the holiday with their respective in-laws, according to the reports, marking only the second time they have missed the family’s Christmas gathering in the last decade.
As for the princesses’ parents, the Duke and Duchess of York will also be absent from the royals’ Christmas festivities after declining an invitation from the king, and will instead spend the day at Royal Lodge, according to multiple reports. Andrew’s expected absence follows scrutiny he has recently faced for his alleged ties to a suspected Chinese spy.
Meanwhile, it remains to be seen how Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle—who last attended Christmas at Sandringham in 2018—will spend the holidays amid Harry’s ongoing rift with his father as well as his brother Prince William.
