Harry, Meghan to spend Christmas Day with the Queen

Newly engaged Prince Harry and US actress Meghan Markle will spend Christmas with Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the British royal family at the monarch's Sandringham estate in eastern England.

Harry's brother, Prince William, and his family will also join the Queen at Sandringham in Norfolk, the royal family said.

The royal party is expected to observe the annual custom of attending a Christmas Day morning service on the estate at the 16th-century St Mary Magdalene Church.

The royals exchange presents at teatime on Christmas Eve, according to the royal family, and the tradition of Christmas Day feasting typically features sausages for breakfast, turkey for lunch, and a boar's head for dinner, according to Darren McGrady, a royal chef for 15 years in the 1980s and 1990s.

Harry, 33, and Meghan, 36, announced their plan to marry in late November after months of speculation.

The couple, who plan to marry in May in a chapel at Windsor Castle, published specially commissioned photographs to celebrate their engagement a few days before Christmas.