Like every year, the Windsors celebrate the holiday season together.
Game of charades, family meal, opening of gifts, Queen Elizabeth II and her family always try to honor these old customs.
There are 12 of them, here are the traditions that members of the British royal family cannot derogate from during the Christmas period.
Christmas lunch in Buckingham
The week before Christmas, Queen Elizabeth II then organizes her annual lunch which brings together all members of the royal family and takes place at Buckingham Palace.
The charity event marathon
The Duchess of Cambridge speaks to young children as she helps them choose Christmas trees, during a visit to the Family Action charity at Peterley Manor Farm.
(Great Missenden, December 4, 2019.)
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Members of the royal family are sponsors of many charities.
During the school holidays, they do everything possible to support the causes that are close to their hearts by organizing Christmas parties and events.
The card waltz
Members of the royal family, too, send annual greeting cards.
According to the royal family's official website, the queen is sending around 750 cards.
According to the media
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The train to Sandringham
Queen Elizabeth II arrives for her Christmas holiday in Sandringham at Kings Lynn station.
(Kings Lynn, December 20, 2019.)
Members of the Royal Family usually spend the Christmas holidays at their home in Sandringham, 160 km north of London.
Each year, Elizabeth II therefore travels by train to King's Lynn station in Norfolk.
The multiplication of donations
In addition to donations from the Queen, the website The Royal Family reveals that the monarch donates Christmas trees to Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, St. Gilles's Cathedral and the Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh.
The football game
The two British princes, William and Harry, play in their annual charity football match at Queen's Sandringham Estate.
(Norfolk, December 24, 2015.)
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reported that Prince William and Prince Harry used to play football on Christmas Eve at the Sandringham estate in the company of staff members.
This year, it is without Prince Harry that this part will be done.
The Duke of Sussex living from the "Megxit", in the United States with Meghan Markle and her two children, Archie and Lilibet.
The black tie dinner
While some clans compete for kitsch with patterned sweaters, the Royal Family, meanwhile, attend a black-tie dinner on Christmas Eve.
The three firs of the queen
Christmas at Windsor Castle, here with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip putting the finishing touches on the Christmas tree, in a file photo uncovered during the filming of the joint ITV-BBC documentary
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Each year, three trees are brought to the Marble Hall at Buckingham Palace.
A tradition dating back to the 19th century coming from the great-great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Victoria.
Former Royal Family Chef Darren McGrady says the family also owns a large Christmas tree and a silver artificial one in Sandringham's dining room.
The Queen would even let her great-grandchildren help decorate them.
Gifts given on Christmas Eve
Also according to former royal chef Darren McGrady, the Windsors are honoring their German heritage by opening presents after afternoon tea on Christmas Eve instead of the same day.
Mass on December 25
Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, Prince William, Prince Philip, Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry attend the Christmas Day service at Church of St Mary Magdalene.
(King's Lynn, December 25, 2017.)
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Every year on Christmas Day, the Queen is joined by her family for a religious service at St Mary Magdalene Church on the Sandringham Estate.
However, at the end of 2021, it is unlikely that we will see Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle.
The game of charades
The Windsors would meet every year for a showdown of charades, right after Christmas dinner.
The televised wishes
Queen Elizabeth II smiling at Prince Philip, just before the end of her first televised speech on Christmas Day.
(December 25, 1957.)
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Every year since 1952, the Queen has produced an annual Christmas program, in which she offers her best wishes, discusses the year that has just passed and also talks about future plans.
This show would be watched by the entire Royal Family on Christmas Day.
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