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.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reportedly spent Christmas at their California home, absent from royal celebrations at Sandringham.

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.

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.

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

The British monarchy kept some beloved holiday traditions alive this year, including its annual Christmas Day stroll. In a break from tradition, however, the family's holiday message was delivered from a hospital chapel with King Charles striking a personal note,

As Prince Harry explained in his memoir, Spare, it is “a German tradition that survived the anglicizing of the family surname from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.”

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,