Royal Family Delight Crowds After Christmas Day Service
King Charles and the Royal Family greeted crowds after Christmas Day service at Sandringham, showcasing royal Christmas traditions and public warmth.
King Charles and Queen Camilla attended a Christmas Day church service at Sandringham, joined by the Prince and Princess of Wales and other members of the Royal Family.
Following the service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Norfolk, the King, Queen, Prince William, his wife Catherine, and their three children greeted the enthusiastic crowds gathered outside on Christmas morning.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, was not present, but his daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie were there with their husbands.
The Princess Royal and her daughter Zara Tindall, with their families, and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh were also in attendance.
The Christmas morning church service is a major event in the royal calendar, bringing the Royal Family together in public, with crowds and photographers capturing the moment.
People from across the UK, Europe, and the United States had been queuing since 9 pm on Christmas Eve to catch a glimpse of the Royal Family on Christmas Day.
Just before 11:00 am, the Royal Family arrived outside the church and were greeted by the Reverend Canon Dr. Paul Rees Williams.
The service inside the church was broadcast via loudspeakers to the crowds outside, who were waiting for the opportunity to speak to the Royal Family afterwards.
Shortly before midday, the Royal Family emerged from the church after the service and spent time with those who had lined up on the grass outside.
The three youngest members of the Royal Family – Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and their younger brother Prince Louis – interacted with the crowds themselves.
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The children were seen receiving Christmas cards, toys, flowers, and boxes of chocolates from members of the crowd, chatting with them and shaking hands.
Catherine had extended conversations with several people, while holding bouquets of flowers she had received. The Royal Family is celebrating Christmas at their Sandringham estate, which has been the family's traditional seasonal gathering place since 1988.
The Sandringham service took place just hours before the King's traditional Christmas message was delivered, which this year was filmed at Westminster Abbey.
This follows his "good news" earlier this month about responding well to cancer treatment.
The King is expected to speak in the message, which airs at 3 pm on Christmas Day, about life's "pilgrimage" and what lessons it can teach about today's issues. On Christmas Eve, a pre-recorded Christmas piano duet by Catherine and Princess Charlotte was broadcast from inside Windsor Castle.
Mother and daughter sat together to play a piece by Scottish composer Erland Cooper for Catherine's Christmas carol concert, a piece they were both familiar with.
Kensington Palace had shared a video clip of Catherine and an unidentified person playing the piano ahead of the program, captioned "A special duet...".
While their children attended the church service on Christmas Day, neither Andrew nor his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson were present.
In October, King Charles announced he would be stripping his younger brother Andrew of his titles, making the changes after weeks of intense scrutiny over the former prince's ties to convicted pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
His connection to Epstein came under renewed scrutiny last week when the US government released a photo of Andrew with women on his lap as part of the so-called "Epstein files."
Andrew was one of several prominent figures whose photos were included in the files, and their appearance in them is not evidence of any wrongdoing. Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein. Buckingham Palace has also said that Andrew will leave his Royal Lodge home in Windsor and move to an undisclosed property on the Sandringham estate in the new year, which is the King's private property.
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