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GIRL ABOUT TOWN: Battle of the Royal Christmas lunches as Middletons miss out on invite to Sandringham House

By Charlotte Griffiths for The Mail on Sunday

Published: 23:02 GMT, 18 October 2014 | Updated: 09:47 GMT, 19 October 2014

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The Duchess of Cambridge is delighted that her country pile will be ready in time for Christmas – but the news has thrown her into the middle of a battle of the turkeys.

For while Kate can now invite her family to celebrate the festive season at the ten-bedroom Amner Hall in Norfolk, she, William and Prince George will actually be sitting down for Christmas lunch a stone’s-throw away at Sandringham House.

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William, Kate and Prince George will be with the Queen and the rest of the Royals for Christmas, but it is doubtful that the Middleton clan will be invited to join them

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Carole and Michael Middleton look set to miss out on a trip to Sandringham House this Christmas and a chance to spent the holiday with the Queen and Prince Philip

Renovation: Amner Hall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s home in Norfolk, will be ready for Kate and her family to stay there at Christmas

The Cambridges will be sitting down for Christmas lunch at Sandringham House, pictured, rather than their own newly renovated home

Cute! Kate and Wills hand in hand for Church visit at Sandringham

The Cambridges will be with the Queen and the rest of the Royals, but I’m told that it is doubtful that the Middleton clan – her mother Carole, father Michael, sister Pippa and brother James – will be invited to join them after the traditional morning church service.

It means they will have their own turkey at Amner Hall.

Georgia May Jagger's family dog Dink died this week

As my Palace insider explains: ‘It is highly unlikely that Kate’s family will be invited to the big Christmas lunch, or the famous Boxing Day shoot. Perhaps one day they will be invited to the big house for tea, but not for lunch or dinner, and not on Christmas Day.

‘The Queen is fond of Kate and doesn’t mean to exclude her family – indeed she has broken many of the old rules for them in the past.

But if all of her children and grandchildren’s wives had their families to lunch, there wouldn’t be enough room, even at Sandringham House’s dining room.’

After being plagued with problems for almost two years, renovation work on Amner Hall looked likely to continue well into 2015, but against the odds the project is now nearing completion.

The Georgian treasure was a present from the Queen, and the Cambridges will use it as their base during William’s time as a pilot with the East Anglia Air Ambulance Service. With Kate expecting the couple’s second child next year, perhaps she will relish the chance of being waited on.

Models dogged by week of sad news

They say bad things happen in threes, and that was certainly the case for supermodel pals Cara Delevingne, Georgia May Jagger and Amber Le Bon last week.

First, Georgia, right, revealed family dog Dink had died, posting a picture on Instagram saying: ‘We will miss u Dink!’

Then Cara, 22, took to the site to lament the loss of sister Chloe’s French bulldog Mouse, posting a picture of herself and the pup, above, with the caption: ‘RIP Mouse Delevingne!!’

Finally, Amber, 25, revealed her Boston terrier Cecil had been in the wars. She said: ‘Look at cutiepie Cecil who is back from giving us a scare, and spending a week at the doggie hospital!!’