The Queen Consort is set to invite her children to Sandringham for the first time this Christmas.
Senior members of the Royal Family are expected to celebrate in Norfolk while Prince Harry and Meghan Markle spend Christmas in the United States.
Next weekend’s gathering in Norfolk is set to be the first in three years because of the pandemic.
It will be particularly poignant for them all - as well as millions of royal fans around the world - as it is the first without the Queen who passed away in September.
Other empty chairs will be that of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who will celebrate the holidays in California.
However in a happy family move the Queen Consort is set to invite her children - Laura Lopes and Tom Parker Bowles - to Sandringham for the first time.
Her grandchildren will also be invited to attend the get together, according to a report in the Telegraph.
The paper reported a source from the Sun who said: “Camilla is keen her family are at the heart of Christmas, particularly as Charles won’t have his youngest son there.”
Royal Christmases include a morning trip to attend St Mary Magdalene Church's Christmas Day service followed by a family lunch with turkey and all the trimmings.
Another first this year will be Charles’ historic Christmas Broadcast - his first as monarch.
Prince Louis is set to join the royal family’s Christmas Day celebrations after stealing the show at the Queen’s Platinum jubilee.
As senior members of the family return to tradition and come together at Sandringham for Christmas, the younger generation are expected to step into the limelight.
Prince Louis, four, is set to join the family’s traditional Christmas Day walk to church for the first time.
The mischievous Prince tickled the nation with his antics at the jubilee celebrations. The snaps of him making faces and covering his ears went viral and were enjoyed worldwide.
Some 70 people are expected to join the King for Christmas lunch.
Christmas comes just over a week since the release the full Harry & Meghan series on Netflix.
In the finale of the series, the Duke of Sussex accused his brother of “shouting and screaming” and his father of lying during private crisis talks before he and wife Meghan quit life as royals.
Palace sources said despite “a great deal of sadness” in the family at the nature of Harry and Meghan’s departure from the Firm, senior royals were “looking forward to 2023”.
Those close to the King and Prince William say they did not watch the series, but relied on aides’ briefings.
Royal insiders believe Harry and Meghan’s relationship with the family could be irreparably damaged after the Duke claimed William bullied them out of the Firm.
