{"id":610240,"date":"2025-12-03T20:40:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T20:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/610240\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T20:40:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T20:40:55","slug":"35-photos-of-the-royal-family-at-christmas-throughout-the-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/610240\/","title":{"rendered":"35 Photos of the Royal Family at Christmas Throughout the Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The future monarch, then Princess Elizabeth, sent a Christmas card to the British Army in 1942.<\/p>\n

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Elizabeth and her sister, Princess Margaret, dressed up for their Christmas pantomime performance at Windsor Castle.<\/p>\n

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Queen Elizabeth II made her very first Christmas broadcast.<\/p>\n

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Queen Elizabeth II made her annual Christmas broadcast from New Zealand.<\/p>\n

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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. <\/p>\n

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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. <\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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The queen arrived at Liverpool Street Station with her corgis ahead of her Christmas holiday in Sandringham. <\/p>\n

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Charles and Diana played with their newborn, Prince William, at Kensington Palace during Christmas season.<\/p>\n

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Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Princess Diana, Prince Anne, and Prince Andrew attended the Christmas Day service in Sandringham.<\/p>\n

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Princess Diana and Charles posed with sons William and Harry for their Christmas card.<\/p>\n

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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\u2014and sing with\u2014Prince William. The two later reconnected at the Eras Tour<\/a>, where the future monarch brought his children Prince George and Princess Charlotte).<\/p>\n

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Princes Harry and William sat with Santa Claus during a visit to the Olympia International Show Jumping Championships. <\/p>\n

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Diana attended a Christmas spectacular at the Royal Albert Hall in London with William and Harry.<\/p>\n

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Elizabeth and Margaret were photographed on Christmas Day in Sandringham.<\/p>\n

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Diana and William attended a Christmas Day service at Sandringham Church.<\/p>\n

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Charles, William, and Harry left Sandringham Church with presents in hand on the first Christmas since Diana\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n

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Prince Harry and Prince William attended the annual Christmas Day service at Sandringham Church in 1998.<\/p>\n

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And William posed with his festive scarf.<\/p>\n

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Prince Charles\u2019s Christmas card featured a photo from his wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles, with William and Harry.<\/p>\n

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