Overview
- King Charles, Queen Camilla, and the Prince and Princess of Wales with their three children attended the Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church on the Sandringham estate.
- Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie joined the walk to church, while Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson were absent following the King’s decision to remove Andrew’s remaining styles and honours.
- The Princess of Wales spent nearly 20 minutes greeting well-wishers, Princess Charlotte hugged a supporter, and the Wales children were handed gifts including toys and chocolates.
- Seven-year-old Prince Louis wore long trousers to the service, prompting fresh notes on the monarchy’s increasingly flexible approach to traditional dress for young boys.
- The King’s pre-recorded 3pm broadcast, filmed in the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey with trees reused from the Princess of Wales’s carol service, urged Britons to “never lose sight” of courage, sacrifice and community.