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Britain's Princess Michael of Kent is "so excited" to be spending Christmas at home.
The 70-year-old royal spent the festive season in America last year with her son Lord Freddie Windsor, his wife Sophie Winkleman and their two-year-old granddaughter Maud and admits it "didn't feel right" being on the beach, so she is pleased they will all be at her London house this year.
She said: "My son and his wife have just come back to London from Los Angeles.
"I'm so excited to have Christmas here. They couldn't come back last year as my son is a banker and had to work.
"Because of Thanksgiving, where they have a long holiday, they couldn't have a holiday a week later, so we went there and it was such a different experience in LA.
"We ended up going to the beach and it just didn't feel right.
"I would much rather have Christmas in London.
"My granddaughter was two in August and I can't wait to play with her. I'm besotted and there will be lots of games."
And the author can't wait for Sophie and Freddie to welcome their second child into the world next month.
She added in an interview: "I'm sure I'll be just as besotted with the second one, which is due on my birthday in January. It already feels like I have one and a half grandchildren."

Britain's Princess Anne has declared Noah's Ark Zoo Farm's Elephant Eden attraction in Wraxall, North Somerset officially open.
The 65-year-old royal was greeted by a crowd of school children from St Nicholas Chantry Primary School in Clevedon and Twickenham Primary School who waved flags when the princess arrived at the new tourist attraction last week.
Anne spoke with the zookeepers and went on her own private tour of the 20-acre elephant enclosure, before unveiling a plaque.
Speaking to the crowds, she said: "I appreciate the amount of effort which has been put in to understand elephants and the care they need.
"Thank you for what you have achieved here and to the Bush family for finishing what they set out to do here.
"As more and more people become increasingly detached from the natural world, farms and places like this are really important to maintain education and understanding. I would like to say a big thank you for what you provide for future generations."
The £1.6million habitat is the largest elephant enclosure in the UK and features a massive elephant home, 20-acres of land and even has warm showers.
It is large enough to have six adults and two baby elephants, but currently houses two bull elephants named Janu and M'Changa.
Noah's Ark owner, Anthony Bush, commented: "It is an amazing honour to welcome the Princess Royal here.
"She is especially welcome due to her lifelong love of animals and we are most grateful to her for fitting us into her busy schedule."

Britain's Prince Charles' Duchy Originals has been forced to buy back shares from his charity following a change in Gift Aid regulations.
The food company, which sells food such as soups and biscuits through upmarket retailer Waitrose, saw an increase in profits by two per cent after royalties from products sales were boosted by 2.2 per cent to a total of £3.15 million and gave its entire profits to the prince's charitable foundation.
However this year, the charity had to hand back £1.8 million due to changes in guidance by accountancy watchdog ICAEW on donations from charities trading subsidiaries which came out in 2014.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales [ICAEW] now says it's illegal for a company to hand over charitable donations worth more than its profits available for distribution under accounting rules.
Duchy Originals joins a number of charities who receive funds from trading divisions and may have to hand back some donations.
According the Guardian newspaper, The Prince of Wales Charitable Foundation were able to counteract any losses in 2015 because the reversal of Gift Aid payments made by Duchy Originals had been balanced by the repurchase of shares from the charity.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth has a "great compassion for people".
The 89-year-old monarch's cameraman Peter Wilkinson has revealed what he's learned about her and the rest of the royal family over the past 18 years.
He said: "There is no point in the Queen getting distressed with people because that wouldn't help anyone, but she has a great compassion for people."
Despite being much younger than the Queen, Peter has confessed he sometimes struggles to maintain the same pace as her when filming her carrying out her royal duties.
He told HELLO! magazine: "She's just amazing, the stamina. I get home at the end of the day, I'm absolutely exhausted trying to keep up with her."
Peter - who previously worked as a cameraman in war zones - has yet to become bored of filming the Queen and her family at special events.
He explained: "The Queen knows me now, I'm sure she trusts me, we get on very well.
I love my job. I have had the most incredible career and I have seen things most people couldn't imagine."
Peter also admitted that he loves seeing how well the Queen gets on with her husband of nearly 70 years, the Duke of Edinburgh.
He added: "He's got everyone in hysterics, he makes everyone laugh. He's an amazing man and he makes the Queen laugh every day."

Britain's Royal Mint is to introduce 12-sided pound coins.
The last ever round pound coin was produced by the Royal Mint in Llantrisant, South Wales earlier this week and transported to the Royal Mint museum ahead of the scheduled introduction of new 12-sided pound coins in 2017.
A Treasury spokesman said: "With advances in technology making high-value coins like the £1 ever more vulnerable to counterfeiters, it's vital that we keep several paces ahead of the criminals to maintain the integrity of our currency."
A total of 2.2 billion of the current pound coins have been manufactured since the first of its type was struck by Prince Charles in April 1983.
An estimated 1.5 billion of these remain in circulation while three per cent of pound coins - with a value of £47 million - are believed to be counterfeit.
Two million fake pound coins are reportedly spotted and taken out of circulation every year.
The Royal Mint's chief executive Adam Lawrence said of the new coins, which combine two metals: "The public need to be able to recognise easily that a coin is genuine. The coin will have visual features that will be very hard to replicate, and some covert features that only certain people will be able to recognise."
Along with the introduction of the new 12-sided coin, polymer banknotes featuring the faces of Winston Churchill and Jane Austen will also enter circulation in 2017.
Polymer notes are 25 per cent cheaper to manufacture, and their thin, plastic film allows greater security measures to be included.

Monaco's Prince Albert and Princess Charlene have unveiled their Christmas card.
The festive letter features a stunning photograph of the couple and their 12-month-old twins Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella alongside a message written in French, English and Monegasque.
The card reads: "All our best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a New Year 2016 filled with joy."
Although the family are royals they appear to have faced all the same troubles a regularly family would experience while attempting to have their young children pose for a photograph.
In People magazine's exclusive first look at the family Christmas card, Prince Jacques appears mesmerised by the camera but his sister Gabriella is distracted by an apple she's busy chomping on.
The image was captured at the family's Roc Agel retreat last month by photographer Christopher Morris in keeping with Charlene's wish for an informal family portrait.
The couple and their "good little rugrats" also made a short video during the trip.
Speaking about raising twins, Prince Albert said previously: "You never know how kids are going to turn out. But if these first few months have been any indication, it's going to be an incredible joyride and an incredible experience."

'Downton Abbey' is "one of" Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's "favourite programmes".
Prince William has paid tribute to the period drama ahead of its final ever episode on Christmas day after Julie Walters presented the cast and crew with an honourary BAFTA during a special ceremony at London's Richmond Theatre.
The 33-year-old royal began by stating that 'Downton' is "one of Catherine's and my favourite programmes".
He added: "When I first heard that 'Downton Abbey' was to receive the BAFTA special award, I was absolutely thrilled. As the president of BAFTA, I'm delighted that we are paying tribute to this extraordinary series that has flown the flag for British drama both at home and internationally."
The Duke and Duchess - who have son Prince George and daughter Princess Charlotte together - are not the only royal fans of the show however.
Lesley Nicol - who plays cook Mrs. Pattmore - claimed William's stepmother, the Duchess of Cornwall is also an avid viewer.
She told the Daily Express newspaper: "Camilla loves 'Downton Abbey'. We have spoken and she genuinely loves the show."
However, Camilla's husband Prince Charles - who is William's father - is not too keen on the show.
Lesley added: "When I was talking to Prince Charles he had a slightly glazed look, although being very nice.
"Then somebody said, 'Sir, do you know Downton Abbey?' and he replied, 'Oh, I sort of come and go, really.' So I thought, 'I'm on a loser now,' but I think a lot of the royals do watch it."

Britain's Prince Harry's Christmas card features a photo of him and war veteran Tom Neil.
The 31-year-old royal has had a busy year touring Africa, carrying out military work in Australia and New Zealand, receiving a knighthood from his grandmother the Queen, being involved in the Rugby World Cup and meeting the Obamas, but has revealed one of his favourite moments of 2015 was meeting Neil at the Battle of Britain flypast in September.
The official Kensington Palace Twitter account posted a photo of Harry's festive card alongside the caption: "Merry Christmas from Prince Harry! Here's his Christmas card photo showing one of his favourite moments from 2015."
The image shows a clearly thrilled Prince Harry holding hands with 95-year-old Neil at the event at the Goodwood Aerodrom in Sussex, South West England, which took place on the flame-haired royal's 31st birthday.
Harry had been due to take part in the flypast to mark the 75th anniversary of the victorious Battle of Britain.
But when one of the aircrafts was deemed unserviceable, Harry gave up his seat so Neil and two other wounded servicemen could take part as scheduled.
Other members of the royal family have also recently revealed their Christmas cards.
Harry's father Prince Charles and his wife Duchess Camilla chose a photograph of them cuddling up to each other in the countryside during the summer while his brother Prince William and his wife Duchess Catherine opted for their family portrait photographed by Mario Testino at Princess Charlotte's christening in July.
And Prince Philip chose a photo of himself and the Queen arriving at Royal Ascot earlier this year.

Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge surprised school children with Christmas cards after receiving their handmade gifts.
Prince William and his wife Duchess Catherine - who have two-year-old son Prince George and six-month-old daughter Princess Charlotte together - sent cards to pupils in reception classes Rabbits and Squirrels at the Forest School in Snaresbrook, north east London, to thank them.
The card read: "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and Princess Charlotte thank the children in Squirrels and Rabbits Class at Forest School for the very kind handmade card sent at Christmas and send their best wishes for the New Year."
The message, which was sent in cards addressed to each class, was written alongside a photograph of the family taken before Charlotte's christening earlier this year.
Head of the pre-preparatory school, Paul Falkner said: "The children were very excited to receive the reply from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
"We didn't expect to get a reply so quickly, but it was lovely for the children to receive it just before the Christmas break.
"The card will be shared with the whole school during our end of term assemblies, and as the pupils will be learning more about the Royal Family next year, it's a great way for them to learn more about them."
The school was first visited by members of the royal family in 1878.