Princess Eugenie has been faced with a ‘tricky situation’ over her Christmas plans, with the royal reportedly having to choose between spending the festive season with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in the US or with the Royal Family at Sandringham

With the festive season fast approaching, all eyes are on Princess Eugenie as she faces a Yuletide dilemma. Recent reports suggest that Eugenie has been extended a warm invite by none other than Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to celebrate Christmas with them in Montecito, California.

Yet at the same time, the 34-year-old royal, along with her husband Jack Brooksbank, aged 38, and their young children, August, who is three, and one-year-old Ernest, have also received an invitation to join the rest of the Royals for the traditional festivities at Sandringham. Insiders speaking to the Express hinted that Princess Eugenie’s brood might opt for a Stateside visit post-Christmas, offering the tots some important cousin bonding time with Archie and Lilibet.

Commenting on Eugenie’s conundrum, Jennie Bond, the veteran former BBC Royal correspondent, expressed her insights to OK!. She mentioned: “This is a tricky situation for Eugenie. It would be pretty bad form to refuse an invitation to Sandringham, and I imagine she would want to be with her mum and dad, after a difficult year for them as well.”

Meghan and Eugenie knew each other before the Duchess met Prince Harry ( 
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She added her view on a potential solution: “But I think she values her relationship with Harry and Meghan too. So a New Year’s visit would be an ideal compromise…and would keep a link between Harry and his UK family, which has to be a good thing all round.”, reports OK!.

It’s no secret that Eugenie and Prince Harry share a special bond; amid ongoing family frictions, the Duke remains close to both Eugenie and her sister Beatrice, who have stood by him through thick and thin.

Earlier this week, Royal watchers noted Princess Eugenie’s absence from Kate Middleton’s “Together At Christmas” Carol Service at Westminster Abbey. The mum-of-one skipped the event for the first time since it began in 2021.

Prince Harry enjoys a laugh with Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank ( 
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Getty Images)Nonetheless, the Yorks made their presence felt as Princess Beatrice arrived with her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and his son, Wolfie. The festive season is extra special for the couple as they prepare to welcome their second child, making this their final Christmas as a four-piece unit.

They got hitched back in 2020 and are parents to Sienna, who’s three, and now look forward to the new arrival, set to be the latest addition to the Royal lineage as the 11th in line for the throne. This means younger sis Eugenie will shift to 12th spot.

Princess Beatrice of York and Princess Eugenie of York pose together in 2023 ( 
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Eugenie has a dilemma ( 
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Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)The palace disclosed in a statement: “Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice and Mr Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are very pleased to announce that they are expecting their second child together early in the new year; a sibling for Wolfie and Sienna. His Majesty The King has been informed, and both families are delighted with the news.”