The Christmas card from The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. This year they chose a picture from their visit in Cuba.
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The Christmas card from The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. This year they chose a picture from their visit in Cuba.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6SrhJmgAZb/
Maybe, just maybe, HM, The Queen views her Christmas lunch for the extended family and her Christmas celebrations and get together at Sandringham more along the lines of what most people deem their celebrations to be. Personal invitations to attend with the option of declining the invitation via a RSVP and does not view it as a "command to attend" where to refuse an invitation would be a definite snub to the Queen. When the Queen hosts her family events, she's not hosting as the Queen but rather as Aunt Lilibet, Granny, Gan-Gan, Mother and Mama and Mum.
I think those of us that watch the royal goings on put too much into who goes and who doesn't and what the implications are behind it. Rumors start and gossip floats and relationships that we know absolutely nothing about really are put under a microscope and dissected and analyzed and put back together like a jigsaw puzzle with a whole lot of missing pieces.
There's a little bit of the Daily Mail in all of us from time to time. Its sometimes fun in a discussion to come up with our own thoughts of why things are the way they are. Like with Edo's non attendance at the lunch. Was he invited or not? Did he decline the invitation because of something else he needed to do? Did he get upset that Wolfie wasn't invited? Who knows? We sure don't. Only the family members really know and they're not talking.
...about the Cambridges travelling in separate cars. There's now reports suggesting William and George attended a separate event before the luncheon and needed to be there 30 minutes earlier than everyone else. Apparently we'll hear more about it in the coming months.
From royal bloggers:
Charles and Camilla also arrived separately, so my bet is on a new photo with the Queen, Charles, William and George.
Queen Elizabeth ,Prince of Wales, Duke of Cambridge and Prince George in the Music Room at Buckingham Palace, as part of the launch of The Royal British Legion's Together at Christmas initiative.
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Queen Elizabeth ,Prince of Wales, Duke of Cambridge and Prince George in the Music Room at Buckingham Palace, as part of the launch of The Royal British Legion's Together at Christmas initiative.
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Corgis, and Crowns, and thrones on the tree!
Queen Elizabeth ,Prince of Wales, Duke of Cambridge and Prince George in the Music Room at Buckingham Palace, as part of the launch of The Royal British Legion's Together at Christmas initiative.
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Queen Elizabeth ,Prince of Wales, Duke of Cambridge and Prince George in the Music Room at Buckingham Palace, as part of the launch of The Royal British Legion's Together at Christmas initiative.
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https://1.t.cdn.belga.be/belgaimage:159648265:1800x650:w?v=5da1df12&m=nmfmleic
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How many people bake in a suit and tie?
Seeing as the photos were taken right before the Queen's Christmas lunch for the extended family, it points to a reason to be in a suit and a tie.
From what I understand, William does cook at home and most likely George gets in on the action too with preparing meals. The days of men not being handy in the kitchen are long gone.
I understand that the photos may have been taken prior to the annual luncheon, however a good photographer and/ or stylist would have had an appropriate change of clothes available for Charles and William. JMHO