Queen cancels pre-Christmas family lunch as Omicron surgeson December 16, 2021 at 11:43 am

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A source says there was concern it could put too many people’s Christmas plans at risk.

The 95-year-old monarch usually hosts the lunch each year for her extended family, with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren joining her before she departs for her Christmas stay at Sandringham.

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