Are we set for a royal engagement in the new year? King Charles permits member of the family to take girlfriend to Sandringham over Christmas after rules were changed for Meghan and Harry
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The Duchess of Sussex was missing from Sandringham, but there was one member of the Royal Family who benefited from a tradition that was broken for the American former actress. Princess Margaret’s grandson Samuel Chatto was allowed to invite his girlfriend, Eleanor Ekserdjian, to stay at the Norfolk retreat.
![[Richard Eden disclosed in 2021 that Sam, 28, had started going out with Eleanor, who’s an artist and also 28]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/26/21/93504221-14228419-image-a-2_1735249194365.jpg)
She was able to do so after King Charles followed the example of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth, who permitted Meghan Markle to join the festive gathering in 2017, five months before she exchanged vows with Prince Harry at St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
![[King Charles at Sandringham on Christmas Day. Eleanor was able to stay after the KIng followed the example of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth, who permitted Meghan Markle to join the festive gathering in 2017]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/26/21/93504215-14228419-King_Charles_at_Sandringham_on_Christmas_Day_Eleanor_was_able_to-m-15_1735249808856.jpg)
Meghan was the first person to be allowed to spend Christmas at Sandringham before marrying into the Royal Family. Kate Middleton, for example, had to wait until after she became the Duchess of Cambridge and Sophie Rhys-Jones did not stay before she married Prince Edward and received the Countess of Wessex title.
‘This is a clear sign that there will be a royal wedding in the new year,’ remarks an excited observer of the Windsors. Princess Margaret ’s grandson Samuel Chatto and his girlfriend, Eleanor Ekserdjian at Sandringham yesterday. Eleanor was allowed to stay at the Norfolk retreat over the festive period.
Richard Eden disclosed in 2021 that Sam, 28, had started going out with Eleanor, who’s an artist and also 28. King Charles at Sandringham on Christmas Day. Eleanor was able to stay after the KIng followed the example of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth, who permitted Meghan Markle to join the festive gathering in 2017.
