King Charles and Queen Camilla took heart stage as they led the royal household to the annual Christmas Day service at Sandringham.
The festive gathering introduced collectively a bunch of senior royals, together with the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh with their youngsters, Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, and Mike and Zara Tindall with their daughters.
Peter Phillips and his youngsters had been additionally in attendance, rounding out the vacation ensemble.
After the service, the royal festivities moved indoors, the place the King and Queen will host a conventional turkey feast at Sandringham House.
The day’s celebrations will culminate within the extremely anticipated airing of King Charles’ pre-recorded Christmas speech at 3 p.m., marking his second vacation handle as monarch.
King Charles and Queen Camilla led the way in which because the royal household made their conventional Christmas Day stroll to St. Mary Magdalene Church on the Sandringham property.
Following carefully behind had been the Prince and Princess of Wales with their three youngsters, including a contact of youthful cheer to the procession.
Queen and Kate appeared to have coordinated their festive trend, each dazzling in shades of inexperienced.
Kate turned heads in a sublime emerald inexperienced coat, whereas Camilla opted for a complicated belted khaki ensemble, proving that royal fashion by no means takes a vacation.
Noticeably lacking from the celebrations had been the Duke of York and his former spouse, Sarah, Duchess of York, who stayed behind at Royal Lodge in Windsor.
The absence comes amid ongoing controversy surrounding Prince Andrew’s alleged ties to a Chinese spy.