Kate Middleton and Prince William Match in Jeans in Their Most Casual Family Christmas Card Yet - Yahoo Entertainment

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The Prince and Princess of Wales are sending sunny Christmas wishes.

Kate Middleton and Prince William revealed a caller representation of their household — including their 3 children, Prince George, 9, Princess Charlotte, 7, and Prince Louis, 4 — that is being utilized arsenic this year's vacation card. The representation shows the 5 household members holding hands, each dressed casually for a sunny stroll. Both Prince William and Princess Kate some athletics jeans, portion George, Charlotte and Louis each deterioration shorts and sneakers.

"Sharing a caller representation of the household for this year's Christmas card!" they captioned the drawback connected societal media.

The saccharine drawback was taken by lensman Matt Porteous earlier this twelvemonth successful Norfolk. The household spends tons of clip astatine their state location Anmer Hall, which is portion of the royal family's Sandringham estate, and it's where Kate is said to consciousness astir astatine home.

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Last year, Prince William and Princess Kate chose a previously unseen photo showing them posed with their kids during a backstage household travel to Jordan.

The state holds value for Kate, arsenic she lived successful Jordan for 2 years arsenic a kid erstwhile her begetter worked for British Airways. Prince William besides antecedently visited Jordan arsenic portion of his circuit of the Middle East successful 2018.

For 2019's photo, the household of 5 posed successful cozy sweaters connected a haystack successful beforehand of a ample heap of logs astatine Anmer Hall. They each athletics a large smile, including an extra-wide grin from small Louis, who is beforehand and center.

The young royals are apt celebrating Christmas astatine school this month. According to the school's website, "Christmas festivities and opportunities marque it adjacent much peculiar for our pupils, with each azygous kid performing successful a Christmas event, including Christingles, Nativities, Pre Prep House singing competitions and of course, our extremity of word Carol Service."

The household is preparing for their archetypal vacation play since the decease of Queen Elizabeth successful September, aft which King Charles III made Prince William the caller Prince of Wales arsenic heir to the throne.

Following tradition, the royal household is acceptable to walk Christmas Day at Sandringham. During her life, Queen Elizabeth would take the bid from London to Norfolk in December to walk the vacation astatine the state residence. She would usually enactment astatine Sandringham until the day of her begetter King George VI's decease and her accession to the throne successful aboriginal February.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the royal household was separated for the past 2 Christmases. In 2020, the Queen and Prince Philip spent the vacation astatine Windsor Castle isolated from different household members. Queen Elizabeth was joined astatine Windsor Castle by Charles and Camilla past twelvemonth aft plans to instrumentality to Sandringham were scrapped owed to rising cases of coronavirus.

Each Christmas, the royal household makes a travel to St. Mary Magdalene religion for mass, aft which they greet well-wishers. They past caput backmost to Sandringham to bask a accepted turkey vacation feast.

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Prince George and Princess Charlotte made their Christmas greeting debut alongside the royals for their yearly locomotion to religion services successful 2019.

This year, King Charles volition grounds his archetypal Christmas broadcast, which the household traditionally watches astatine 3 p.m. section clip connected December 25.

Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty Kate Middleton, Princess Charlotte, Prince William and Prince George astatine Christmas 2019

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This twelvemonth volition besides spot Kate big her second yearly Christmas carol concert. King Charles and Queen Camilla are acceptable to be the lawsuit connected Dec. 15.

"This year's carol work is dedicated to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the values Her Majesty demonstrated passim her life, including duty, empathy, faith, service, kindness, compassion and enactment for others," Buckingham Palace said successful a property release. "These principles are shared and personified by the inspirational guests who person been invited to the Abbey successful designation of their tireless enactment to assistance and attraction for those astir them."

While past year's lawsuit featured performances by Ellie Goulding and Leona Lewis, the 2022 performance volition beryllium likewise star-studded, with the Abbey Choir's accepted carols featuring alongside performances by guests including Craig David and Les Miserables star Samantha Barks. There volition besides beryllium a peculiar duet betwixt opera vocalist Alfie Boe and Spice Girl Melanie C.

Readings volition beryllium delivered by speakers including Prince William, Kristin Scott Thomas and Paddington prima Hugh Bonneville. The Christmas Eve broadcast of the lawsuit connected ITV volition beryllium narrated by Catherine Zeta-Jones.