'British royals aren't ignoring European cousins - it looks better if they work at home'

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Members of the British Royal Family often attract criticism for not joining in with large gatherings of European royals for events such as significant birthdays.

However one expert has said that this is entirely unwarranted as it would be far better to see the royals continuing to work hard at home and shining a light on their various charities.The argument has reared its head again after Prince Christian of Denmark celebrated his 18th birthday and was photographed with four future Queens - the latest in a long line of photographs of European heirs without any British royal in the mix.

While the British royals always invite their European cousins to any key national events over in the UK and are pictured together during State Visits, it is quite rare to see them together at family gatherings.

Former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond makes it clear that any criticism of the British royals for not seeing their counterparts very often is unjustified as she would much prefer to see the likes of the Prince and Princess of Wales representing their causes back at home.