Overview
- Tom Parker Bowles told the Daily Mail that neither he nor Laura Lopes will attend this year, calling their plan “one year on, one year off.”
- He joked he will spend the holiday on the sofa at his ex‑wife Sara Buys’s home.
- The siblings attended last year at their mother’s request following King Charles’s cancer diagnosis.
- Prince Andrew has not been invited and remains responsible for Royal Lodge under a 12‑month notice to vacate, with palace sources indicating a move is expected early next year.
- Some reports speculate a future shift of the royal Christmas to Windsor Castle if Andrew relocates to Sandringham, though no decision has been announced.