Prince George and Princess Charlotte’s “exuberant” Christmas celebrations broke with many historic royal traditions

Only once has the Welsh family celebrated Christmas without the rest of the royal family, but their one-off “wild” Christmas celebrations with the Middleton family will certainly be remembered. Prince George And Princess Charlotte's heads.

Christmas is full of traditions for families all over the world. Whether it's going through the festive TV schedule for 2023 as a family each year and highlighting the shows you all want to watch, or decorating the Christmas tree together, there's nothing better than celebrating together.

The royal family has many traditions that go back decades, the most important of which is the annual Christmas walk to St Mary Magdalene's Church on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, where they greet crowds of well-wishers who queue up to see them. But one year the Wales family, then the Cambridge family, were conspicuously absent from the tradition.

That's because they decided to break with tradition and spend the day with Kate Middleton's side of the family instead, and they reportedly had a “riotous” time!

In 2016, before the birth of Prince Louis, George and Charlotte were treated to a Middleton-style Christmas before heading off again on Boxing Day to visit Prince William's family – but not before taking part in all the Middleton family traditions.

“Christmas is always a wild affair for the Middletons,” said a family friend The sun back then. “It's very informal – Michael dresses in a costume and everyone has to wear Christmas sweaters. They buy silly presents and it's a lot of fun with great food and games.”

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The atmosphere is quite different to the company's traditional Christmas, although we're sure George, Charlotte and Louis are looking forward to spending Christmas with the royals as they can open their presents a day early!

Speaking about the royal family’s different attitudes to Christmas, royal expert Robert Jobson The Express“On Christmas Eve, when the whole clan comes together, the Queen’s grandchildren and great-grandchildren put the finishing touches to the six-metre-high Christmas tree in the White Drawing Room.

“Presents are opened at teatime on this day, as the royals still follow the German custom of opening their presents on Christmas Eve. Presents are laid out on a white linen trestle table in the Red Drawing Room, with cards marking exactly where the stacks of presents should be placed.

“Once everyone has arrived, the royal guests will enjoy a traditional Christmas celebration, during which the Christmas tree will be decorated once again and inexpensive and fun gifts will be distributed.”

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