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Mike Tindall shares Prince Louis sits in a different room for Christmas dinner

With Christmas just around the corner, preparations for the big day are being made in most households around the country, even the royal one.

Bringing together the family, the royals are set to head to Sandringham later this week, with King Charles now at the head of the table for the first time following the death of the Queen earlier this year.

Previously hosted at Buckingham Palace, the Queen would usually host a huge Christmas bash for her loved ones - with the Mirror reporting around 70 people attending 2019's festivities.

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Among them are royal family members that don't usually spend Christmas at Sandringham - so it gives everybody a chance to catch up.

This year's event, the first hosted by King Charles, is taking place today - but this time at Windsor Castle.

The event is private so no pictures are released from inside, however I'm A Celeb's Mike Tindall, who is married to the King's niece Zara Tindall, previously dished on the event

And even though children such as Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are invited to the event, they don't sit with the other royals - instead, they have their own room, where they enjoy their Christmas meal.

In 2019, former rugby player Mike spoke about the celebrations on his rugby podcast, and shared a few exciting details.

His co-stars James Haskell and Alex Payne asked which of the seven tables he sat.

They asked: "Do you find yourself upgrading every year and getting closer to the main table or are you off out the back?

"Is there a promotion and relegation based on the year's performance? Because if there is I imagine you're pretty much sitting on the right-hand side of Her Majesty."

Mike stayed quiet throughout the jokes, but later added: "I was on Prince Charles's table, it was lovely."

He then divulged that the royal little ones, including his children Mia, Lena and Lucas, have their own table in a separate room away from the adults.

He said: "This is the family lunch, there were seven tables so there must have been about 70 of us there.

"The kiddies have their own little one in a different room."

Meanwhile, Louis is set to join the royal family’s Christmas Day celebrations after stealing the show at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June.

As senior members of the family return to tradition and come together at Sandringham for Christmas, the younger generation are expected to step into the limelight.

The four-year-old is set to join the family’s traditional Christmas Day walk to church for the first time.

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