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Kate Middleton

This weekend, it will fall to William, 38, to lead the celebrations – meaning he’ll likely get the couple’s children,Prince George, 7,Princess Charlotte, 5, andPrince Louis, 2, to help him with the cake-making before mom’s big day. And that could get messy!

He recently said that he’s been trying his hand at baking during the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns andjoked about the mayhemthat can take place in the kitchen, revealing there’s usually an “explosion of flour and chocolate everywhere” when the children are let loose.

Kate Middleton, Prince William, family

William and Kate traditionally set aside a weekend at the start of the year to entertain their friends for a few days of shooting and other country pursuits. In the past,Queen Elizabethhas hosted them at Sandringham House for dinner, too.

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This is a year of big anniversaries for the royal family, as the couple marks their 10th wedding anniversary in April, and look ahead to Queen Elizabeeth’s 95th birthday andPrince Philip’s 100th in June.

In July, they will mark what would have been the 60th birthday of William’s late mother Princess Diana and later that month it will be 40 years since her marriage toPrince Charles.

William and Kateheaded to Anmer Hall,which is on the Queen’s Sandringham estate, just before Christmas after George and Charlotte left school for the holidays. But with a new national lockdown announced recently, they have not returned to London and the children will not be going back to school,which has been closed, along with most others in the capital city.

source: people.com