The royal family snubbed Australia Day for the first time in nearly a decade by failing to acknowledge the historical day on any of their official social media accounts.

Typically, the royal family has posted every year about Australia Day since at least 2015 on their ­official royal accounts.

No official public Australia Day messages from the King or Buckingham Palace were published via Governor-General David Hurley’s office either.

Buckingham Palace was contacted for ­comment on the weekend but did not respond.

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