Princess Diana told biographer Andrew Morton that she ‘hated’ Christmas at Sandringham with the royal family — and detailed how the disdain for spending the traditional Christmas at the Norfolk estate began as soon as 1981,

As was the case for Princess Diana, who absolutely despised spending Christmas with the royal family. According to royal biographer Andrew Morton, who wrote Diana: Her True Story, the late princess developed contempt for the traditional royal holiday celebrations during her first Sandringham Christmas in 1981.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have not been invited to join the royal family at Sandringham House for Christmas this year, a royal source told People. The couple’s exclusion from royal Christmas celebrations does not come as a surprise — they have not attended the traditional royal Christmas gathering since 2018,