The Queen and Prince Philip are leading by example by scrapping their usual Christmas Day celebrations and spending the day without their family.
The Monarch will stay in Windsor rather than heading over to Sandringham to spend the festive period, and she will miss her annual church trip in a bid to avoid crowds of well-wishers.
Usually, Prince Charles, Camilla, the Cambridges and the rest of the royal family join her on the Firm's Norfolk estate - but it will be all change this year.
It's believed that Kate and William will take their children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, to Bucklebury to spend the day with Kate's family.
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