35 Photos of the Royal Family at Christmas Throughout the Years

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The future monarch, then Princess Elizabeth, sent a Christmas card to the British Army in 1942.

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Elizabeth and her sister, Princess Margaret, dressed up for their Christmas pantomime performance at Windsor Castle.

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Queen Elizabeth II made her very first Christmas broadcast.

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Queen Elizabeth II made her annual Christmas broadcast from New Zealand.

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The queen gave the first ever televised Christmas broadcast from a desk surrounded by portraits of her children, Princess Anne and the future monarch, then Prince Charles.

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Elizabeth, Prince Philip, and children Charles, Anne, and Andrew were photographed outside Liverpool Street Station in London, from where they were catching a train to Sandringham ahead of the Christmas holiday.

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Queen Elizabeth II flipped through a photo album with sons Prince Andrew and Prince Edward as part of her Christmas broadcast.

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The queen arrived at Liverpool Street Station with her corgis ahead of her Christmas holiday in Sandringham.

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Charles and Diana played with their newborn, Prince William, at Kensington Palace during Christmas season.

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Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Princess Diana, Prince Anne, and Prince Andrew attended the Christmas Day service in Sandringham.

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Princess Diana and Charles posed with sons William and Harry for their Christmas card.

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Diana took William and Harry to the Christmas carol concert at Wetherby School on December 13 (the very day Taylor Swift was born, and two and a half decades before the pop star would meet—and sing with—Prince William. The two later reconnected at the Eras Tour, where the future monarch brought his children Prince George and Princess Charlotte).

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Princes Harry and William sat with Santa Claus during a visit to the Olympia International Show Jumping Championships.

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Diana attended a Christmas spectacular at the Royal Albert Hall in London with William and Harry.

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Elizabeth and Margaret were photographed on Christmas Day in Sandringham.

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Diana and William attended a Christmas Day service at Sandringham Church.

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Charles, William, and Harry left Sandringham Church with presents in hand on the first Christmas since Diana’s passing.

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Prince Harry and Prince William attended the annual Christmas Day service at Sandringham Church in 1998.

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And William posed with his festive scarf.

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Prince Charles’s Christmas card featured a photo from his wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles, with William and Harry.

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