Pregnant Princess Beatrice is stepping out for Christmas with King Charles despite Prince Andrew's absence amid fallout around his alleged connection to a Chinese "spy."

There was quite a bit of fuss about Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie skipping the royal family’s Sandringham Christmas festivities this year. The daughters of Prince Andrew were scheduled to spend the holiday with their in-laws, but plans have changed for one of them.

Princess Beatrice made an unexpected appearance at the Royal Family’s Christmas celebrations at Sandringham, delighting onlookers as she joined the traditional walk to St Mary

PEOPLE confirmed Beatrice will join the royal family’s Sandringham gathering instead of traveling to be with in-laws in Italy

Royal told not to fly overseas at this late stage, and the decision is ‘not connected’ to her father’s latest debacle

Princess Beatrice is now expected to spend the holidays with the Windsor side of the family.

Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie have rarely missed a royal family Christmas at Sandringham since they were born, and only missed once in the last decade because of the pandemic in 2020. Yet amid their father Prince Andrew’s latest scandal,

The 36-year-old royal — who is currently pregnant with her second child — was going to spend Christmas with her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, and his parents in Italy. However, multiple outlets reported Sunday that Beatrice canceled the overseas trip because of medical advise that she received.

Each year on Christmas Day, the royal family makes a tradition of turning out in their Sunday best for their annual walk to services at the Church of St Mary Magdalene near their Sandringham estate in Norfolk.

Princess Beatrice attended the Sandringham Christmas Day church service, joining other senior members of the Royal Family including King Charles, Queen Camilla and the Prince and Princess of Wales. Beatrice,