The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Queen Elizabeth II delivers her first Christmas message as queen over the radio in 1952.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: AP Queen Elizabeth II delivers her first televised Christmas message in 1957.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS Queen Elizabeth II with Prince Edward and Prince Andrew on a train to Sandringham for the Christmas holiday in 1964.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images Prince Charles and Princess Diana celebrate Prince William’s first Christmas at Kensington Palace in 1982.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: AP The Duchess of York and Princess Diana at the church at Sandringham on Christmas Day in 1988.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: AP Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Prince Harry and Princess Diana arriving at Christmas Day services in 1991
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: AP Princess Diana accepting flowers outside of Sandringham Church after Christmas Day service in 1994.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS Prince Charles, Princes Harry and Prince William celebrate Christmas at Sandringham Church in 1997, marking the princes’ first Christmas since the death of Princess Diana.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS The Queen Mother and Queen Elizabeth II at Sandringham Church after attending Christmas morning service in c.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS Prince Charles, Princes Harry and Prince William greet wellwishers as they leave the church at Sandringham after Christmas Day Service in 1998.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: AP The Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Parker Bowles, makes her first Christmas appearance with the royal family in 2005 after marrying Prince Charles earlier that year.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: AP Queen Elizabeth II attends Christmas Day services with the British royal family at Sandringham in 2010.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: AP Prince Harry, Prince Philip and Prince Charles attend Christmas Day services in Sandringham in 2010.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: AP Prince Harry and Princess Eugenie on Christmas Day in 2010.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: AP The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, celebrates her first Christmas with the royal family in 2011 after marrying Prince William earlier that year.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: AP Princesses Eugenie and Princess Beatrice attend Christmas Day church service in Sandringham in 2012.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: AP Queen Elizabeth II testing out 3D glasses for her Christmas message in 2012, which was broadcast in 3D for the first time.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: AP Prince William and Kate Middleton join the royal family at Sandringham in 2013.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: KGC-178/STAR MAX/IPx Kate Middleton wearing a Miu Miu tartan-print coat at Christmas Day services in 2017.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: AP Prince Harry and his then-fiancé Meghan Markle attend Christmas Day service in Sandringham in 2017. This was Markle’s first Christmas spent with the British royal family.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: zz/KGC-178/STAR MAX/IPx The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, and the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle attend Christmas Day services with the royal family in 2018. Middleton wears a Catherine Walker coat dress and Markle wears Victoria Beckham.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: AP Queen Elizabeth II attends the Christmas Day service in 2018.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: AP The British royal family comes together for Christmas Day services at Sandringham in 2018.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: AP The Duke and Duchess of Sussex at Christmas Day services in 2018.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: zz/KGC-512/STAR MAX/IPx Queen Elizabeth II delivers her annual Christmas message in 2019. Spectators were quick to notice that among the family photos on her desk — which she has every year — no photos of Prince Harry, Meghan Markle or their newborn son Archie were on display.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: AP Prince William and Middleton’s two oldest children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, made their first Christmas Day appearance in 2019 at Sandringham.
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The Royal Family Celebrating Christmas Through the Years
Image Credit: KGC-178/STAR MAX/IPx Prince George and Princess Charlotte at the Christmas Day church service at Sandringham in 2019.