King Charles to celebrate Christmas alongside family at Sandringham

LONDON: Britain's King Charles III is to celebrate Christmas alongside his family at the Sandringham estate for the first time since the Queen died, the German Press Agency (dpa) reported.

The royal standard is flying above the private Norfolk estate where Charles and the Queen Consort will be on Christmas Day, marking a return to traditional royal festivities.

Members of the royal family will attend at morning service at St Mary Magdalene Church together.

Royal Christmases also feature the greeting of well-wishers and a family lunch with turkey and all the trimmings.

It will be the first time the royal family has spent Christmas at Sandringham since 2019 and will be a poignant period after the death of the Queen in September.

The Prince and Princess of Wales and their children are expected to join the King and his wife, alongside Princess Royal and her family and the Earl and Countess of Wessex and their children.

Charles has recorded his first Christmas broadcast as monarch, which is likely to reflect on the loss of his mother, and her legacy.

Sandringham House has been the private home of four generations of British monarchs for more than 160 years and now belongs to the King.

-- BERNAMA