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It is normal for her to take in Sandringham, where she and her husband spend a private weekend together, before she returns to Buckingham Palace for her final official engagements before the summer break.

It is one of the ‘non-negotiable’ dates in her diary and after an exhausting five days, the elderly monarch is flying straight to Norfolk rather than go back to London. Holyrood Week is one of the most important days in the sovereign’s calendar, when she carries out engagements across Scotland, staying in Edinburgh’s Palace of Holyrood House, her official residence north of the border. There is a feeling amongst some that they should have been more accommodating about the date.’ ‘Her Majesty was already scheduled to be in Scotland for her annual Holyrood Week and had a prior engagement at the weekend. But they shouldn’t do that without regard for tradition,’ said one. They are young, they are striking out on a different path from other members of the Royal Family and there is enormous goodwill for them. ‘There is huge support for the couple in not wanting to conform to tradition. The situation has surprised some senior staff at Buckingham Palace, who feel that the duke and duchess should have planned the day better. But because her diary is so busy – like any head of state it is often filled with engagements a year in advance – it was felt that it would be difficult to find another day that suited the couple and their friends.