There are some royal family traditions that seem to be set in stone,while others are open to evolving with the addition of fresh family members (and a growing group of younger royals), but while several people (read commoners) have married into the family over the final several years, and Queen Elizabeth still runs a tight ship.
Express says that for years,the core members of the royal family (especially those in the line of succession) were expected to spend Christmas at the side of the monarch, but there are indications that this year, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge might be “breaking away” to spend Christmas Day with the Middleton side of the family.
The royal tradition has the family spending the holiday with the queen at her Sandringham estate in Norfolk for a country Christmas,but in the sixties when most of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s children were young, they tended to celebrate the holiday at Windsor.
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Source: inquisitr.com