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Queen invites Kate's parents for Christmas

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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II leaves No.10 Downing Street with Foreign Secretary William Hague where she attended a cabinet meeting for the first time in her reign as monarch, in London, December 18, 2012. The Queen greeted the government ministers and received a present as part of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations. UPI/Hugo Philpott
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II leaves No.10 Downing Street with Foreign Secretary William Hague where she attended a cabinet meeting for the first time in her reign as monarch, in London, December 18, 2012. The Queen greeted the government ministers and received a present as part of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations. UPI/Hugo Philpott 
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Published: Dec. 20, 2012 at 9:23 AM

LONDON, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has invited her granddaughter-in-law Kate Middleton's parents to the royal family Christmas gathering at her Sandringham Estate.

UsMagazine.com said the duchess' parents, Carole and Michael Middleton, are the first non-royals the queen has ever invited to join the holiday festivities.

Kate Middleton married the monarch's grandson, Prince William, in April 2011. She is pregnant with their first child and was hospitalized this month for severe morning sickness and dehydration.

Although she has said she is feeling better, the duchess won't finalize Christmas plans "until the night before or the morning of," an aide told UsMagazine.com.

"It depends [on] how she feels," the source said. "And if Catherine doesn't go, William probably won't either."

Topics: Kate Middleton, Prince William, Elizabeth II
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