Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will not be at Sandringham with the Royal Family this year, marking the sixth year they have been absent from the celebrations.

Here's why Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are skipping Christmas in Sandringham with the royal family.

Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie have rarely missed a royal family Christmas at Sandringham since they were born, and only missed once in the last decade because of the pandemic in 2020. Yet amid their father Prince Andrew’s latest scandal,

Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie will reportedly not celebrate Christmas with the royal family at Sandringham this year. According to Hello! magazine, Beatrice, 36, and Eugenie, 34, will be spending the holidays with their respective inlaws.

Prince Andrew is expected to stay away from the Sandringham celebrations and will instead mark Christmas Day with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson at their shared home, Royal Lodge

Since they were children, Beatrice and Eugenie of York, the daughters of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, have attended Christmas at Sandringham with their uncle King Charles and cousins William

The Duke of York will not join the rest of the Royal Family for the traditional Christmas gathering in Sandringham, royal sources have told the BBC. It is expected that Prince Andrew will "honourably withdraw" from Royal Family events at Christmas to avoid being a distraction. He is instead expected to stay at home in Windsor on Christmas Day.

While King Charles is hosting his 'biggest ever' family Christmas in Sandringham, Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson are set for a very lonely day 130 miles away in Windsor.

Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie have broken a long-standing tradition by missing this year's Royal Family Christmas celebrations at Sandringham with the King for the first time ever.