Prince William opened up on the Apple Fitness+ podcast ‘Time to Walk’ about what happens behind closed doors at the royal family’s annual Christmas morning church service at St. Mary Magdalene on the grounds of the Sandringham estate.

Just call her the Queen of Kindness, because 9-year-old Princess Charlotte isn’t letting royal tradition get in the way of connecting with well-meaning fans this holiday season! The young royal broke protocol on a Christmas Day walkabout at Sandringham with her parents Prince William and Kate Middleton,

News Corp columnist Angela Mollard believes the Royal Family’s Sandringham Christmas walk showed “solidarity” among the members despite a hard year with family tensions and medical diagnoses.

Once frowned upon in terms of so-called royal protocol, it seems selfies with the royal family are very much here to stay after Princess Charlotte took one with a fan on Christmas Day at Sandringham.

Although William, 42, is believed to be staying at his nearby home Amner Hall with wife Princess Kate and their three children Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, nine, and Prince Louis, six, the family still got involved in the main Christmas celebrations.

King Charles and Queen Camilla, who have made Christmas morning mass at Sandringham Church an annual tradition, were joined by Prince William, Kate Middleton and their three children: Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.

King Charles, Queen Camilla, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and more royals walked to church this morning together.

Members of the British royal family exchange gifts every Dec. 24 — not on Christmas morning as many families do. As Prince Harry put it in his 2023 memoir, Spare, doing so is “a German tradition that survived the anglicizing of the family surname from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.”

Kate Middleton, Princess Charlotte and more members of the British royal family came together for Christmas Day services in Sandringham, Norfolk, on Wednesday to celebrate the holiday. The Prince and Princess of Wales brought their three children to greet well-wishers for the morning’s festivities.

The Duchess of Cambridge has resumed her public appearances in recent months, most recently joining the Firm for their annual Christmas Day walkabout on Wednesday

Kate Middleton showed her festive side while sporting a stunning green Alexander McQueen dress coat while attending the royal’s annual Christmas church service.