{"id":636196,"date":"2025-12-16T14:39:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/636196\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T14:39:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:39:16","slug":"how-king-charles-is-switching-things-up-for-christmas-at-sandringham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/636196\/","title":{"rendered":"How King Charles Is Switching Things Up For Christmas at Sandringham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paywall\">Meanwhile, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/prince-william\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince William<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/kate-middleton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Middleton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/prince-george\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince George<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/princess-charlotte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Princess Charlotte<\/a><\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/prince-louis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Prince Louis<\/strong><\/a> are expected to join the king and queen at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/sandringham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sandringham<\/a>. <strong>Prince Edward<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/sophie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sophie<\/strong><\/a>, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, and their children, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/princess-anne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Princess Anne<\/strong><\/a> and her family, are all also expected to attend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cSandringham is smaller than the other palaces and so it\u2019s always a bit of a squash but it\u2019s always fun and very Christmassy, and very family focused,\u201d adds Seward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cThe king loves bringing everyone together and it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/how-the-royal-family-celebrates-christmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a proper family Christmas<\/a>. There\u2019s a fair bit of juggling involved, particularly for the Wales family. I expect William, Kate and the children will be at Sandringham for the Christmas Day service alongside Charles because that\u2019s an important show of togetherness. In previous years, they have gone back to Anmer after church on Christmas Day for lunch with Kate\u2019s family so they get two Christmases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">While the traditional Christmas Day walkabout after church sees the royals greeting members of the public in their finest (hats are a must), Charles has relaxed the dress code at Sandringham over the festive period, according to one royal insider.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cIt used to be a nightmare going to Sandringham because there used to be so many outfit changes, sometimes up to six a day. But the king has relaxed that. There won\u2019t be so many changes but everyone will wear black tie at Christmas dinner,\u201d says the source.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">In keeping with a long-standing tradition, the royal family\u2019s Christmas dinner \u2013 turkey with all the trimmings \u2013 will take place on Christmas Eve. Presents will be laid out on trestle tables, with the Christmas table decked out with festive favors, like Christmas crackers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meanwhile, Prince William, Kate Middleton, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are expected to join the king&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[533,518,1281,447,8821,5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-636196","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-kate-middleton","9":"tag-king-charles-iii","10":"tag-meghan-markle","11":"tag-prince-harry","12":"tag-queen-elizabeth","13":"tag-royal","14":"tag-royal-families","15":"tag-royal-family","16":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115729764391186894","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}