This year 2024 was no exception to the rule for the British royal family. Despite the past difficult year, particularly due to the cancers which affected Kate Middleton and King Charles III, the reunion of the members of the crown was not canceled. All members of the Windsor clan, except Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, have found in Sandringham to attend the traditional mass where the whole family meets on December 25.
And that’s a lot of people: in addition to the Queen and the King, Prince William and their three children George, Charlotte and Louis, Sophie and Edward of Wessex and their offspring as well as Princess Anne or were for example in the party for Christmas this year.
But who says traditional does not mean everyone at home once the religious service is over. To fully enjoy your reunion, everyone meets at Sandringham House where he is housed, belonging to the royal family. But contrary to what one might believe, luxury and modernity are not really there.
Sandringham House, a residence far from what we imagine
Royal specialist Rebecca English, journalist for the Daily Mail, reveals important details regarding the state of the place where everyone is domiciled during the Christmas celebrations. While the house is large enough to accommodate all members of the Crown, the decor and furnishings are not exactly state-of-the-art.
As the journalist states, the beds offered have nothing to do with the cozy and comfortable mattresses that one might find in hotels. It would be “old-fashioned beds with very squeaky box springs”. A reality that we didn’t really imagine. But whatever the comfort, the important thing for the British royal family is to be gathered in the same place and at the same time to spend the holidays in the best atmosphere. “It’s a huge family opening presents together, lots of things like that”, says another journalist. Everything that is most normal in short.
