Re: British Royal Christmas 2021-present

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TLLK

#25
December 16, 2021, 02:35:14 PM
A disappointing but necessary step for HM and her family  to take in light of the increasing number of COVID cases.

TLLK

#27
December 17, 2021, 03:02:17 AM Last Edit: December 17, 2021, 03:06:12 AM by TLLK
Prince William shared a few BRF Christmas traditions during his radio show with the children at the Royal Marsden earlier this week and emphasized the importance of the extended family coming together to celebrate.  He also revealed that his favorite Christmas song is "Feliz Navidad" and favorite holiday film is "Elf."

Prince William reveals favourite Christmas movie and how being a dad has changed the festive season

Quote"Bringing the family together at Christmas time is always lovely because we're quite spread out doing our things throughout the year and so we get very few moments to actually come together," William told Alston.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expected to attend Christmas at Sandringham with the Queen and Prince Charles and extended members of the family, including the Earl and Countess of Wessex, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie.

The royal family has expanded this year with the birth of four children, three of which will be at the Queen's country home.

William said his children, Prince George, eight, Princess Charlotte, six, and Prince Louis, three, loved seeing their relatives.

"When I see my children meet up with my cousins' children, and they all have a wonderful time playing together, it's very special.

"Christmas is a new dynamic when you have children, suddenly it's a whole different ballgame of noise and excitement," he laughed.

"I'm enjoying the new version of Christmas in my life."
:xmas14:

wannable

#28
December 17, 2021, 04:46:51 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Queen won't spend Christmas alone as senior royals agree to cut socialising in run-up
Prince Charles and Camilla, Prince William and Kate, Princess Anne, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie have cancelled their pre-Christmas plans to ensure they can be with the Queen.
The Queen will not spend ?Christmas alone after senior ?royals agreed to reduce all but es?sential contacts beforehand, amid a surge in Covid infections.


Prince Charles and Camilla, Prince William and Kate, Princess Anne, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie have cancelled any pre-Christmas plans to ensure they can be with her.
Royal sources tonight said that while there remains ?obvious ?uncertainty as to how Christmas will look exactly? the royals were committed to doing all they can to be by the Queen?s side.

One alternative being examined is for the royal family to spend Christmas at her Windsor Castle home, where she has spent most of the pandemic.

A secure Covid bubble is in place with dozens of staff who have spent the crisis safeguarding the Queen, and the Duke of ?Edinburgh before his death at the age of 99 in April.

Family members invited will be expected to take Covid tests on the days before, and on Christmas Day.

A royal source said: ?In terms of plans for Christmas, everything is up in the air. Senior members of the family have spoken with each other and cut back on all but ?essential contacts in public so they are ready to travel to be with the Queen wherever Christmas can take place.

Mirror

Princess Cassandra

#29
December 18, 2021, 06:47:55 AM
She will have family around her, which is the most important thing, but it is so sad that the traditional activities had to be cancelled for a second year.

Nightowl

#30
December 18, 2021, 07:34:47 AM
It is just very sad that again because of the damn viruses everything is canceled again and again..........yes it is frustrating and I am sure most would agree with me.  I love seeing HM, Charles and William and their wives out and about doing things for the monarchy.   I love seeing all the pictures and reading what they are doing, just a part of my life that I enjoy ..........gads I hope these viruses go away soon.   :no: :cry:

wannable

#32
December 19, 2021, 12:07:20 AM
Apparently Charles is organizing Christmas at Sandringham rather than the Queen.

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The Royal Family is to rally round the Queen this week as those closest to the Monarch have vowed that she won?t be alone for her first Christmas without the Duke of Edinburgh.

Although it remains unclear what form the Royal festivities will take, or where, a source said there was ?a strong desire? from the Queen to gather her family together at Sandringham if possible.

A Palace insider said: ?It would be such a bitter blow to the Queen not to have Christmas at Sandringham so there?s an operation underway to try to make sure it?s a special time of year. Sandringham is such a special place to Her Majesty.?

It is understood that Charles has also been involved in organising the preparations for the family Christmas at Sandringham, which has recently lost several members of staff.

Charles is expected to lead the Boxing Day shoot, a role previously held by Prince Philip.

A source close to the family said: ?Everyone will be asked to take a [Covid] test beforehand. Unless there are new restrictions brought into effect or it is deemed too unsafe for the Queen, Christmas won?t be cancelled if it can be helped.?

Yet there have been happy additions to the family this year, too.

The Queen will hope to spend time with her latest great-grandchildren ? Beatrice and husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi?s two-month-old daughter Sienna, Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank?s ten-month-old son August and Zara and Mike Tindall?s third child, nine-month-old Lucas.

William and Kate will stay at their home at Anmer Hall, which is a short walk away.

One insider said it ?was quite possible? that Kate?s parents, Carole and Michael Middleton, will come up to stay and may be granted an audience with the Queen. William recently spoke of his fond memories of a Royal Christmas at Sandringham and the walk from St Mary Magdalene chapel with his grandfather, Prince Philip. ?

He used to walk so fast that there?d be huge gaps and spaces between all of us walking down, and there?d be us at the back with little legs trying to keep up,? said William. ?You start to feel quite attached to those moments and those memories.?

For the Queen, and those closest to her, such memories are all the more precious. As one source close to the family put it: ?I hope it can all be worked out. Like any family, none of us knows how many Christmases we have left.?

PrincessOfPeace

#33
December 19, 2021, 01:43:11 PM
The Christmas card of the Earl and Countess of Wessex:

https://twitter.com/royalfocus1/status/1472549518222802946?s=20

TLLK

#34
December 19, 2021, 10:24:10 PM
That is a lovely and informal photo of the Earl and Countess of Wessex.  :xmas5:

PrincessOfPeace

#37
December 20, 2021, 06:20:47 PM Last Edit: December 20, 2021, 06:27:27 PM by PrincessOfPeace
NEW The Queen has decided to remain at Windsor Castle for Christmas, "a personal decision after careful consideration" reflecting a "precautionary approach" say royal sources. Members of the royal family will be visiting the Queen over Christmas, following all guidelines.

https://twitter.com/RoyaNikkhah/status/1472992616790863875?s=20

Queen tears up Christmas plans as Covid forces her to cancel Sandringham and stay at Windsor

wannable

#38
December 20, 2021, 06:25:02 PM

Richard Palmer
@RoyalReporter
The Queen has decided to stay at Windsor for Christmas. She will have family visiting.

TLLK

#39
December 20, 2021, 07:02:23 PM
It's a return to the Christmas 🎄 from the past. The BRF celebrated at Windsor Castle 🏰 for years. Hopefully HM will be able to attend a Christmas Church service this week.

Nightowl

#40
December 20, 2021, 08:15:31 PM
Windsor is a beautiful, just a gorgeous place and I am sure there is lots of room for the entire family to stay and visit HM......it is sad yet not the end of the world.   Times are changing and we all must do the best we can to be here which is the most important thing to do right now.  If it was me, I would take Windsor or Balmoral any day  of the week.  I remember my visit to Windsor many years ago with such joy of being here....I am sure with all the family and some really close by, HM will have a wonderful holiday and lots of grand babies running around the castle.  Tell me, who would not want Christmas at Windsor.....

Nightowl

#44
December 20, 2021, 11:15:47 PM
How sad for HM and her family.......and the rest of us who enjoy the pictures and the stories. 

Wishing a New Year's wish, please viruses go far away NOW!

wannable

#45
December 20, 2021, 11:22:47 PM
The family will make the best of it at Windsor Castle. 

PR wise, they can go to St. Georges Chapel and have Chris Jackson and their fav videographer to take this historic moment for posterity...for whatever reason one wants to place as 1 and 2. Queen and Covid times. They can then release the pictures to the worldwide media.

The important thing IMO is that she will not be alone, and can enjoy the family company. And food, drink and games.

wannable

#46
December 21, 2021, 04:40:01 PM
From the WHO's latest announcement today:

asked if the WHO wanted people to cancel Christmas Dr Harris said that is: 'not what the director-general was saying - he was saying large events, so he was actually referring to a reception we promised to have with journalists...'

On people's plans for Christmas, she said the public should think about questions such as: 'Who is coming? What is their status? Have they all been vaccinated? Are you taking other measures - are you opening your windows, ventilating your room? Can you space things, have they worn masks? So there are lots of things that you need to do and take into account when you put your party together.'

wannable

#47
December 21, 2021, 04:48:40 PM
Rebecca English, confirmed (according to her) royals to be with the Queen.



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William, Kate and their three children George, Charlotte and Louis are unlikely to change their plans to spend Christmas at Anmer Hall, their family home in Norfolk - but they would go to see the Queen before they depart.

Last year, Prince Charles and Camilla spent Christmas Day at Highgrove, his country estate in Gloucestershire, and their plans for this Christmas have not yet been revealed.

The Queen will not attend church in public but will worship in her private chapel at Windsor Castle.

She has already recorded her annual Christmas message to be broadcast on the day.

^ I think the entire Middleton family will be staying at Anmer Hall. That is 5 children between Cambridges and Mathews running around the countryside.

PrincessOfPeace

#48
December 21, 2021, 05:12:08 PM
The Cambridges were going to Norfolk when the plan was for the Queen to spend Christmas at Sandringham. Now that she's staying at Windsor we don't know what's going to happen with William and Kate.

TLLK

#49
December 21, 2021, 10:31:55 PM Last Edit: December 21, 2021, 10:35:32 PM by TLLK
Quote from: wannable on December 21, 2021, 04:40:01 PM
From the WHO's latest announcement today:

asked if the WHO wanted people to cancel Christmas Dr Harris said that is: 'not what the director-general was saying - he was saying large events, so he was actually referring to a reception we promised to have with journalists...'

On people's plans for Christmas, she said the public should think about questions such as: 'Who is coming? What is their status? Have they all been vaccinated? Are you taking other measures - are you opening your windows, ventilating your room? Can you space things, have they worn masks? So there are lots of things that you need to do and take into account when you put your party together.'

Um...could the DM please update their photos of the Wessex children? These pictures must be at least five years old.  :notamused: And DM,  I would assume that Eduardo and Jack  are going to be invited to dinner too. It would have been nice to see them included like Timothy Laurence.

As for the Cambridges...well the Middletons are in Berkshire so they're not too far from WC so they could decide to go to see Michael and Carole and then see the extended family at Christmas.  :xmas21:
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