As a royal newlywed, you would think that the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton would want to spend her first Christmas with her husband Prince William, but it looks like it’s going to be a much bigger family affair.
The couple will join the rest of the British royal family at Sandringham House for Christmas, but in a break from royal protocol, Pippa Middleton has been invited to participate in the traditional Boxing Day pheasant shoot.
“Usually Sandringham is reserved for members of the royal family and their spouses only,” inside sources told the UK’s Daily Mail. “The day after Christmas allowing Pippa to join the family is very unusual. The Queen’s Norfolk estate is the most private club in the world. The only way you can get in is if you are royal or married to a member of the royal family. Otherwise you need a personal invite from the queen.”
Kate has usually spent her holidays with family at the Middletons and this will be her first at the Norfolk estate with the Queen. Prince William has always been fond of the Middletons and has already treated the Middletons to several shooting weekends at his father’s retreat near Balmoral.
“Kate will, of course, miss her family on Christmas day — she has traditionally spent it with them and wants Pippa to join her at Sandringham on Boxing Day because it will make being apart from her family at Christmas a little easier. Pippa’s very keen to go and she’s been on a couple of shooting weekends to make sure she won’t let the side down” at the queen’s traditional pheasant shoot.”
Could you imagine spend the holidays without your family, collegiettes™?