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A VERY ROYAL CHRISTMAS
Woman & Home UK
|December 2022
It's an event that takes five months of preparations and is planned like a military operation, but how exactly do the Windsors celebrate?
Sandringham Estate
Every year since 1988, other than when COVID restrictions prohibited it, the Royal Family has decamped to the 20,000-acre Sandringham Estate in Norfolk to celebrate the festive period. With thousands of fairy lights and baubles dating back to Queen Victoria's day, the country retreat is decorated ready for a royal knees-up.
'Twas the night before Christmas
The family honours its German heritage by sitting down for an afternoon tea before exchanging gifts. In the evening, the adults change into fancy frocks and Windsor coats for a black-tie dinner.
Gifts galore
This story is from the December 2022 edition of Woman & Home UK.
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