The decision was a personal one, a royal source said
The lunch is usually attended by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as well as her cousins the Gloucesters, the Duke of Kent and the Michaels of Kent and takes place at Buckingham Palace before the Queen heads to Sandringham.
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