We will all just have to make the best of it this Christmas – Camilla
The Duchess of Cornwall has said we will all have to “make the best of it” during a Christmas like no other.
Camilla also said families would have to find the “safest way” to celebrate Christmas.
The du chess' s comments were made on Wed n esday after her annual Christmas tree decorating event with children and fa milies supported by Helen and Douglas House children's hospice.
Camilla and the Prince of Wales will celebrate Christmas at High grove, their Gloucestershire home, after the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh decided to forgot he traditional royal gathering at Sandringham and enjoy the festive period" quietly" as a couple at Windsor Castle.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson effectively cancelled Christmas for almost 18 million people when he announced London and areas in eastern and south- east England would move from Tier 3 to Tier 4 restrictions yesterday.
After the festive event at Clarence House, the duchess was asked how her Christmas was going to pan out.
She replied :" Well, I don' t really know. They are changing things every day. Every day we are going somewhere and then it changes. I suppose we shall just be at home and see who we are going to be able to see.
"It's not going to beaChri stmas like others this year. And we have just got to make the best of it – even if it is just meeting up outside or in the garden.
"We've got to talk to our families, it's just a question of trying to find the safest way to do it.”
When the Queen and Prince Philip announced their Christmas plans at the beginning of December, it was understood Charles would visit his parents sometime over the festive period, but people have been advised not to enter Tier 4 areas, which includes Windsor.
The duchess held her Christmas tree decorating event via video link this year because of Covid-19, but her equerry, Captain Charlie Ross, was on hand to carefully put baubles – featuring the names of children taking part – on the tree.
Helen and Douglas House, which opened in 1982, prov ides medical, emotional and practical support for families who have a child who will die prematurely.