Although the annual tradition was canceled last year due to coronavirus restrictions, all of the Queen’s 1,500 employees will receive an extra gift around the holidays this year in the form of a Christmas pudding and greeting card — a tradition her grandfather George V. once started. . They do not have to count on much, because according to the British tabloids, the presents come from supermarket Tesco.
The Christmas pudding is paid for by the Queen and distributed to the palace staff, the court post office staff and the palace police. The Royal Family’s website reports: ‘All members of The Royal Household will receive Christmas presents from The Queen, and Her Majesty will personally distribute gifts to some members of The Royal Household at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.’
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Prince Harry and his wife Megha are reportedly not traveling to England to spend Christmas with the rest of the family. It is the first Christmas for the British head of state without her husband Prince Philip, who died in April, and Elizabeth has been struggling with health problems in recent weeks. Thus proclaimed Page Six recently.
Harry and Meghan are said to have been invited to spend the holidays in the United Kingdom, according to sources. “It is logistically quite an undertaking for the staff to organize the Christmas celebration of the Royal Family and because there has been no answer from Harry and Meghan so far, the organization will continue without them. It is unfortunate that it is the first Christmas of all.” without Prince Philip and the Queen, she has not yet met her great-granddaughter Lilibet. She has hardly seen Archie in recent years.”
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Meghan made time last week to visit the Ellen DeGeneres talk show:
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