Christmas in 2013 Prince William and his wife chose to return to Princess Kate's mother's house for Christmas, unlike previous years, this year Kate will spend Christmas with the Queen of england for the first time, and also plans to spend it in her villa. And Christmas is also a children's holiday, which is also the case for the royal family, and the one-year-old prince George will be the focus of everyone. So, how did the British royal family spend Christmas this year?
Christmas meeting point: Anmer Hall Villa
Unlike previous years, this year they plan to spend time in their own villa. The villa, called 'Anmer Hall', is located in Sandringham Manor in Nokfordshire and was given to Mr. and Mrs. William by the Queen of England, after Princess Kate spent £1.5 million to renovate the new mansion, just about 3 kilometres from the Queen's villa. On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Mr. and Mrs. William will spend time with the Queen of England, with the rest of the time required to be in public.
The country house where Prince William and Kate live is old, and although this house is full of the haze of Prince Charles's betrayal of Diana, I hope they can spend it happily.
Christmas Eve's traditional program: playing soccer, exchanging gifts and drinking martini
Pictured (On Christmas Eve 2013, the British royal family gathered, everyone opened gifts and tasted martini)
Christmas Eve traditional programs include playing soccer, giving gifts and drinking martini. As is customary in previous years, the British Royal Family would gather at Sandringham Manor on Christmas Eve, while the Queen would catch a train from King's Cross Train Station to Kingslyn on Tuesday to host an annual charity football match at Howard Manor, 5 minutes from Sandringham Manor. Usually locals and some royal nobles will participate, while Prince William and Prince Harry will generally participate in the competition. After the football match, afternoon tea will be drunk at Sandringham Manor, usually Earl's tea with scones.
The Anmer Hall Villa, while not palatial, is also the most comfortable place in the royal palace. The restaurant seats about 30 people. At the same time, the Queen considered Christmas to be a religious holiday, so on Christmas Eve she insisted that members of the British royal family exchange gifts and have dinner together. But before that, the royals had to decorate the giant Christmas tree, and Queen Victoria's glass angel would be hung in a conspicuous place. Prince William, Kate, and George travel from Anmer Hall to the Red Drawing Room at 6 p.m. to participate in gift-giving. Because the queen herself is very frugal, royal gifts are basically on the route of good quality and low price.
Pictured (On Christmas Eve 2013, the British royal family had dinner together)
Cocktail parties usually start at 8:15 p.m., where everyone has dinner together and drinks martini and sandlingham. After dinner, the game is played until midnight, the Queen's husband, Prince Philip, will bring everyone a drink, and the Queen will go to rest first.
Christmas Day: Attend Christmas Mass and watch the Queen's Christmas message
Pictured (In front of Sandlingham Manor on Christmas 2013, children line up to deliver gifts and flowers to Queen Elizabeth)
After breakfast on Christmas Day, the Queen will lead her family in a car to Sandringham Church for Christmas Mass. The church Mass was attended by hundreds of people, most of the guests walked to the church, and they liked such a grand banquet.
Pictured (Queen Elizabeth II's Christmas speech in 2013, 12 years also adopted and recorded a 3D version of christmas speech)
At lunchtime, Kate, William, and Prince Harry each open their gift socks in their rooms, and the lunch rule begins exactly 50 minutes from 1:15 p.m. After lunch, everyone would have coffee and chat, and at 3 p.m., they would sit together in front of the TV to watch the Queen's Christmas message. Of course, Prince George may have to take a nap at this time.
After Christmas: Hosting parties, watching Downton Abbey Christmas Special Editions, playing hide-and-seek
Pictured (family portrait of the fourth member of the British Royal Family in 2013)
After Christmas, there will also be a banquet in Prince William and Kate's villa, where there will be a lot of delicious food and good wine. Prince William and Kate share the same tastes, are healthy, and prefer traditional organic foods and vegetables. In the evening, the family will sit back and watch the Downton Abbey Christmas Special Edition.
Pictured (Stills of the 2013 Christmas special of the British drama "Downton Abbey", filmed for the wedding of the royal buckingham Palace)
The Queen and the Middletons both enjoyed the game of catching mysteries, a game of guessing names (people who play the game had a name on their forehead and then asked others questions to get them to guess what the name was), and card games. There is also a Christmas Day shooter personally curated by Prince Philip.
Pictured (2014 Christmas photo of The Little Prince George, sitting on the stairs of Kensington Palace, he is not shy in front of the camera)
Christmas is also a holiday for little children, and the same is true for the royal family. Little Prince George receives a wooden toy from William and Kate. He loved toy trains and small animals. He also loves to swim and play freely in the water. The villa where Prince William and Kate live has an outdoor pool and he enjoys playing with the water there. William and Carter were very strict about his sleep time, stipulating that he should go to bed at the time. But little George liked Kate and the bedtime stories william told him, coaxing him to sleep and singing.
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