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The Royal Family could cancel their traditional Christmas Day walkabout for the second year running, according to reports.
Every year the 95-year-old monarch and other members of the family greet the public before attending the morning service at Sandringham church in Norfolk, near Sandringham House, the Queen’s country estate in Norfolk.
But it is expected that this year access to the famous footpath along the path will be closed off over fears it could turn into a coronavirus super-spreader event.
Hundreds gather to wish the Queen well on Christmas Day and a chance to shake hands with her family.
In 2019, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Prince William and Kate and their children, and the Wessexes were all pictured greeting and chatting to royal watchers.
Visitors may still be allowed on the Sandringham estate, according to sources.
A source told The Mirror: ‘Of course everyone would love everything back to normal – but the situation is anything but.’
Buckingham Palace said that all the Queen’s plans for Christmas were still under discussion.
On Thursday, the Queen cancelled her traditional pre-Christmas lunch with other members of the Royal Family amid fears over spiking Covid-19 cases as the Omicron variant spreads across the country.
It is understood the decision was a precaution as it could put too many people’s Christmas arrangements at risk if it went ahead.
Prince William, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry at the Christmas Day service in 2018
Plans were reportedly fully in place on Wednesday at Windsor Castle for next Tuesday’s Christmas lunch, at which the Queen was expected to host 50 or so members of her extended family.
But on Thursday, she agreed it would be irresponsible to go ahead.Last year’s gathering was also scrapped because of the Covid crisis.In 2020, the Queen spent Christmas with Prince Philip at Windsor Castle, unable to be joined by the rest of the family.
This is the Queen’s first Christmas since the death of the Duke of Edinburgh, her husband of 73 years.
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