Inside the royal familys Christmas celebrations at Sandringham

It’s Christmas, and the royals are marking the day the best way they know how — by savoring tradition.On Wednesday, all working members of the royal family congregated in St.Mary Magdalene Church on Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.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 and Queen Camilla led the royal family’s walk for the third year, which saw them greeting members of the public on their way to the church.

Prince William, Kate Middleton, and their children were close behind them.The outing came after an especially rough year for the family, as both Charles and Kate battled cancer, and Camilla had recently missed several engagements due to pneumonia.

Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, was also in attendance, as was her daughter Zara Tindall and her former rugby player husband, Mike Tindall.Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, also attended the service.Notably, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, as well as their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, were absent from this year’s festivities.The disgraced Prince Andrew was also absent, and so was his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, who attended the Christmas at Sandringham event last year.

Their daughter Princess Eugenie spent the holiday with her in-law.Their other daughter, Princess Beatrice, was present, along with her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and his son Christopher Woolf, 8.

Their 3-year-old daughter, Sienna, was not seen.Per People, Prince William has previously described the annual walk as an event he had “strong memories” of.

“My grandfather [the late Prince Philip], he used to walk so fast that there’d be huge gaps and spaces between all of us walking down, and there’d be us at the back with little legs trying to keep up,” William recalled.“You kn...