why did Kate Middleton and Prince William bring forward their Christmas celebrations?

It will be a family Christmas for Prince William and Kate Middleton, who have decided to celebrate the end of year holidays early, accompanied by their three children, Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6 years old. Everyone retired to their country house at Anmer Hall in Norfolk, thus skipping the traditional festive lunch at Buckingham Palace given by King Charles on Thursday December 19. A special moment after a year marked by Kate Middleton's cancer.

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“No one could have predicted what this year has in store for the Prince and Princess of Wales,” a source close to the Windsors told the magazine Page Six on Saturday December 21. Family is so important to them, and their children are the center of their universe. They wanted to start partying early. “They focused this year on staying home with their family and then joining the rest of the Windsor family on Christmas Day.”

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A “terrible” year for Prince William

The Prince of Wales takes a moment of respite with his family, after having experienced “the most difficult year of his life”. He said this during a visit to South Africa, reported by the BBC on November 8: “It was terrible,” confided Prince William. Trying to overcome everything else and stay the course has really been difficult.”

A period full of challenges for the Windsors, marked by the cancer of King Charles III, revealed last February, as well as by the illness of Kate Middleton, who has now completed her chemotherapy. The King of England is, for his part, still under treatment. He will be able to count on the support of his family during the traditional Christmas festivities at the Sandringham residence.