Prince Andrew has denied all wrongdoing and claims to have ceased contact with Tengbo after receiving recommendation from the federal government, whereas the Palace is known to be investigating the dates that the alleged spy entered Buckingham Palace and different royal buildings. As a consequence, nevertheless, the Duke of York was suggested to skip Christmas festivities with the remainder of the royal household. While he retained an invitation to immediately’s lunch, and to Sandringham, based on The Times, insiders needed Andrew to ‘do the respectable factor’ and step again from the celebrations.
Typically, the pre-Christmas lunch happens within the week earlier than Christmas – it represents a comparatively uncommon event when the broader royal household gathers collectively as a complete. One essential goal it serves is for the household to spend intimate time collectively earlier than the interior circle depart for Norfolk; part of the celebrations to which not everyone seems to be invited.
Last 12 months, Prince William and Kate Middleton had been each current for the lunch, which additionally noticed, Anne, the Princess Royal and Tim Laurence, be a part of Princess Eugenie, Jack Brooksbank, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, Peter Phillips and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, along with his spouse, Princess Beatrice.
Here Tatler reveals all of the royals who did attend King Charles’s lunch on the palace…
