King Charles to celebrate Christmas at Sandringham with family

King Charles volition be the Christmas Day religion work astatine Sandringham aboriginal for the archetypal clip arsenic monarch.

The King and Camilla, the Queen Consort volition beryllium joined by the Prince and Princess of Wales connected the royal property successful Norfolk.

They are expected to greet crowds gathering extracurricular St Mary Magdalene Church pursuing the service.

It volition beryllium the archetypal clip members of the Royal Family person spent Christmas astatine Sandringham House since 2019.

The royal modular is flying supra the Sandringham House, marking a instrumentality to accepted royal festivities.

The Princess Royal and her family, and the Earl and Countess of Wessex and their children, are expected to articulation the King this Christmas. The Duke of York and his erstwhile wife, Sarah, Duchess of York, are besides understood to beryllium astatine the royal estate.

The lone notable absentees are the Duke and Duchess of Sussex who past celebrated Christmas astatine Sandringham successful 2018.

It volition beryllium the archetypal twelvemonth the King has hosted the Royal Family's accepted gathering astatine the Norfolk property since the decease of his mother.

Queen Elizabeth II hosted 32 Christmases astatine Sandringham but was forced to cancel her yearly festivities successful 2020 and 2021 owed to the Covid pandemic.

Crowds person gathered extracurricular St Mary Magdalene Church connected the Norfolk property to spot the royals arsenic they locomotion backmost to the location pursuing the service. Some person brought Christmas gifts for the Royal Family.

Members of the nationalist had been advised to get aboriginal to get a glimpse of the royals.

Norfolk Police said accustomed information and postulation power measures would beryllium successful place.

Sandringham House has been the backstage location of British monarchs for much than 160 years.