Royal Family gather for Christmas Day service at Sandringham

King Charles and Queen Camilla attend a Christmas Day church service at Sandringham with the Prince and Princess of Wales and other royals.

Excited crowds gathered to watch the King and his family depart for St Mary Magdalene Church in Norfolk.

In addition to the King and Queen, Prince William and Catherine were joined by their three children: Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, as well as the Crown Princess and her daughter Zara Tindall, attended the ceremony with their family.

The Christmas morning church service is a major event in the royal calendar; It brings the Royal Family together for a public appearance, with crowds and photographers capturing the moment.

People from across the UK, Europe and the United States lined up from 9pm on Christmas Eve to catch a glimpse of the Royal Family on Christmas Day.

The royals will then spend Christmas at Sandringham estate, which has been the family’s seasonal gathering place since 1988.

The Sandringham ceremony comes hours before the King is due to deliver his traditional Christmas message, which was filmed at Westminster Abbey this year.

This follows his “good news” earlier this month about his good response to cancer treatment.

King expected to talk about life’s “pilgrim”In the message published at 15.00 on Christmas Day, he explains what he can teach about the problems of the day.

on Christmas Eve, Catherine and Princess Charlotte’s pre-recorded Christmas piano duet Broadcast from inside Windsor Castle.

For Catherine’s Christmas carol concert, mother and daughter teamed up to play a piece they know well by Scottish composer Erland Cooper.

Before the program, Kensington Palace introduced the clip with a video titled “A special duet…” in which Catherine and a then-unknown person played the piano.

The King’s younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (formerly the Duke of York) did not attend Sandringham on Christmas Day.

Andrew’s ex-wife, Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson, was also not at the ceremony.

In October, King Charles announced he would strip his younger brother of his titles, making the changes following weeks of intense scrutiny over the former prince’s links to pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

His connection to Epstein came under renewed scrutiny after an incident last week. Photo of Andrew lying on women’s laps It was released by the US government as part of the so-called “Epstein files”.

Andrew was one of many public figures whose picture was in the files, and his appearance in the files is not evidence of a crime. Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing regarding Epstein.

Buckingham Palace also said Andrew would leave his home at the Royal Lodge in Windsor. He will move to an unnamed property on the Sandringham estate in the new yearIt is the private property of the King.