Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge stopped
and chatted to members of the public as the royals walked to church on
Christmas Day in 2019. For the first time ever, Kate and Prince William were
joined by their eldest children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, for the
service.
As
ever, the royal mum looked stylish dressed in a chic furry-trimmed Catherine
Walker coat to attend the morning service at St Mary Magdalene Church in
Sandringham but admitted during a conversation with Karen Anvil and her
daughter Rachel that she regretted her choice of clothes because she was
feeling hot.
Karen said: “Kate was talking to my daughter about clothes and how she was
feeling too hot. She said: ‘I really shouldn’t have worn this.'”
Karen
– who famously took the ‘fab four’ photo of the Cambridges and Sussexes walking
together to church in 2017 – also gave Charlotte a doll, which the young royal
was pictured accepting from her. As well as a doll, the little girl was also
given a pink inflatable flamingo from another royal fan and sweetly went
over to hug her to say thank you.
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| Kate Middleton admitted she wished she had worn something less warm on Christmas Day |
William and Kate’s youngest child, Prince
Louis, then one, did not join his parents and eldest siblings at church and
stayed at home nearby. Other members of the royal family out on Christmas
Day included the Queen, Prince Charles, the Duchess of Cornwall, Princess Beatrice
and Princess Eugenie.
During a conversation on a House of Rugby podcast in
2018, the former rugby star was asked whether Christmas is good at the castle,
to which he replied: “Yeah it
is good. So Christmas Day is a little quieter because it’s actually a cold
buffet because they give everyone the day off, and their big day is Christmas
Eve.”
Mike also explained that the family all sit
around to watch the Queen’s speech together “with a little glass of
something.” In 2018, the Downton
Abbey Christmas special was a popular choice with many other family
members when it came to television choices. “I don’t watch it, but there’s
a lot of people who do,” he said.
