Meghan Markle

Kensington Palace confirm Meghan Markle will spend Christmas with the Queen

This is a first for the Royal family

13 December 2017

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle brightened up 2017 with their engagement news in November, and it’s now been confirmed the couple will spend Christmas at Sandringham with the Royal family.

A spokesperson for Kensington Palace said: "You can expect to see the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry and Ms Markle at Sandringham on Christmas Day."

This breaks the Royal tradition that partners have to wait until they're married before they can join the celebrations in Norfolk.

Not many other details have been confirmed, but it's expected that Meghan and Harry will stay with Prince William and Kate Middleton at Amer Hall. This means they'll spend Christmas morning with Prince George, four, and Princess Charlotte, two.

The family will all attend church on Christmas day morning, before Christmas lunch at the Queen’s country home, Sandringham House.

Meghan revealed last month that she's already met the Queen, describing her as an "incredible woman".

We can't wait to see the pictures.

Scroll down to see their cutest moments...

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If we were going to be trapped in the rain with someone, we'd want it to be Prince Harry, too. No wonder Meghan looks so damn delighted.
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Ever since their wedding, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been giving us major couple goals. And now, we've found out Meghan's pet name for her husband - and it's a cute one. The couple were at Hamilton and posed for a photo with the cast, where Meghan was heard saying to Harry, "Can you see, my love?". How cute!
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Talk about the honeymoon period! Meghan and Harry had no qualms about indulging in a full-blown smooch when Harry took his trophy at the polo in 2018. While we rarely see William and Kate locking lips, we're glad to see that this pair aren't afraid of a PDA.
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The couple made an appearance on the balcony at the Trooping of The Colour in 2018 and, naturally, Meghan looked incredible. A lipreader revealed to MirrorOnline (via The Sun) that Harry reassured Meghan as they waited for the fly-past by the RAF's Red Arrows - and what he apparently said is so.damn.cute. Prince Harry apparently asked her: "Okay?", to which she apparently replied, "Yeah, are you?", before admitting she was "nervous!". The lipreader believes that Prince Harry then explained to his wife: "Then there's the fly-past and then we all look up to the sky." What a man!

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Harry and Meghan looked cute as ever as they arrived in Brixton to visit Reprezent radio.
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The couple were snapped kissing after watching a polo match at Coworth Park in May 2018. Cue an internet meltdown.
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They made their first official appearance together in September 2017 at the Invictus Games in Toronto. Meghan looked gorgeous dressed down in a shirt and ripped jeans, and the pair couldn't keep their eyes off each other. That month the actress also spoke publicly about their relationship for the first time, telling Vanity Fair: "We're two people who are really happy and in love".
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They're not shy of PDA and at the same event they broke royal protocol by holding hands in public 😍

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Could they be any more adorable? The pair were spotted looking close backstage at the Invictus Games in 2017.
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They announced their engagement with beaming smiles on November 27 2017 at Kensington Palace Gardens.
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As they showed off the ring, Harry said he knew Meghan was the one from the first day they met.
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Later that day, the couple had their first TV interview in a BBC special. They revealed they were set up on a blind date by a mutual friend and said Harry proposed in their London cottage. It got quite emotional when the prince spoke of his late mother, Princess Diana, saying he believed she and Meghan would have been "best friends".

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Their official engagement photos have us swooning! They were taken by fashion photographer Alexi Lubomirski at Frogmore House, Windsor
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Alex Lubomirski said: "It was an incredible honour to be asked to document this wonderful event, but also a great privilege to be invited to share and be a witness to this young couple's love for one another."