Absent on Christmas Day, Peter Phillips and his girlfriend Harriet Sperling they reached the royal family a Sandringham on Sunday 28 December, when for the first time they attended mass together at St Mary Magdalene Church. The eldest son of Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth, and his future wife, did so another step towards the altar: the wedding appears ever closer, even if the date has not yet been officially announced.
Harriet Sperling e Peter Phillips a Sandringham, nel Norfolk.
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At Christmas, to tell the truth, the couple’s absence had not gone unnoticed, although the absolute protagonists of the day had been Kate and William with their children George, Charlotte and Louis, as well as Beatrice and Eugenie of York, who appeared calm alongside the family after their father Andrea’s scandals and the measures taken by the Crown against him, first and foremost the deprivation of his titles.
Peter Phillip and Harriet Sperling had, however, been excused absent. The couple, in fact, preferred to spend Christmas away from the spotlight. “Both they enjoyed Christmas Day with Harriet’s family and today they went to Sandringham for the rest of the celebrations with the royal family and to dedicate themselves to the more formal part of things”, revealed a source close to the two to Hello!, «Harriet has integrated effortlessly and feels at home in that environment, and they are both enjoying time with their family.” A recent innovation compared to the past. «No ring no bring», was the iron rule of the royal house, according to which without a ring on the finger it was not allowed to bring girlfriends and boyfriends to spend Christmas and other important occasions with the royals, a rule that was usually not limited to the engagement ring and was respected until the wedding. In recent years, however, things have changed significantly, so much so that several future spouses have been hosted at Sandringham well before the wedding, as in the case of Meghan Markle and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, husband of Beatrice of York.
