The Queen will hold her usual family Christmas gathering at Sandringham and may make a public appearance for the first time since early autumn, it is reported.
The monarch and husband Prince Philip spent last Christmas alone as they shielded at Windsor Castle and it turned out to be their final festive season together, as the duke died aged 99 in April.
But it appears the Covid pandemic will not force the Queen, 95, to cancel her usual family gathering for a second year in a row.
According to reports, she is planning to host her family at her Norfolk estate and may even appear in public for the first time in months. The royals normally walk to a Christmas Day church service, though in recent years the Queen has arrived by car.
The monarch has been resting on doctors’ orders and only carrying out light duties such as audiences since spending a night in hospital for preliminary tests on October 20, and later spraining her back.
She is also preparing to film her Christmas Day message to the nation.
Now the Mail Online reports that she has been given the go-ahead by doctors to throw her annual private pre-festive season party for extended family members.
The outlet says it will take place at Windsor Castle instead of Buckingham Palace, where it has traditionally been held.
She will also reportedly move her court to her Sandringham Estate in Norfolk for Christmas, where her closest will gather in time for Christmas Eve.
The Queen is set to fly to East Anglia by helicopter, rather than take the train, due to her age and health, it is reported.
It is also claimed that palace aides are looking at options for the monarch to appear in public over the next two weeks.
A source claimed: "It won’t be a normal Christmas, but like many families around the country, it will be as normal as it can get."
It comes after several of her royal engagements were cancelled and the Queen, who has recently used a walking stick for the first time on royal visits, also spent a night in hospital.
She was forced to pull out of the Remembrance Sunday service at the cenotaph in London after spraining her back.
Buckingham Palace issued a statement on her behalf at the time expressing her "disappointment" for not being able to attend the event to commemorate all the men and women who served in the First World War.
