Royal household at Sandringham stay: Charles joins William and Kate for church service forward of King’s Speech

The household are anticipated to collect at Sandringham later to rejoice Christmas day.

This yr’s gathering at Sandringham is the primary time the royal household have spent Christmas on the personal royal residence in Norfolk since 2019.

Maryam Zakir-Hussain and Tara Cobham report:

The King is ready to ship a strong message concerning the setting to the tens of millions of viewers tuning in to the second Christmas broadcast of his reign.

To aim to focus on this, he’ll converse from a Buckingham Palace room adorned with a residing Christmas tree, marking the primary time a residing tree has been used as a part of his backdrop.

The King and Queen are to rejoice Christmas Day alongside different members of the royal household at Sandringham.

The personal Norfolk property will as soon as once more host the normal royal festivities.

Charles and Camilla are anticipated to be joined by the Prince and Princess of Wales and their youngsters Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis for morning service at St Mary Magdalene Church.

The King and Queen, together with the Princess Royal and her husband Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, waved to well-wishers whereas attending a Christmas Eve service on the church on Sunday.

Royal Christmases historically function the greeting of individuals outdoors the church, and a household lunch with turkey and all of the trimmings.

Sandringham Home has been the personal dwelling of 4 generations of British monarchs for greater than 160 years, and now belongs to the King.

This Christmas marks the second yr the royals might be ringing within the jolly vacation with out the late Queen Elizabeth II. Since her passing in September 2022, King Charles III has taken over many beloved traditions as soon as spearheaded by the Queen.

The royal household sometimes leaves Buckingham Palace simply earlier than Christmas and heads to Sandringham Home, the late Queen’s nation property in Norfolk.

The previous monarch died when he was 56 years outdated on the royal property when the Queen was simply 25 years outdated, although she was on a royal tour in Kenya on the time.