“Christmas is a particularly poignant time for all of us who have lost loved ones,” King Charles III said. “We feel their absence that every familiar turn of the season and remember them in each cherished tradition.”
Speaking over video footage of food banks and other charity work, Charles expressed sympathy for “those at home finding ways to pay their bills and keep their families fed and warm.”
The six-minute message concluded with an appeal to heed “the everlasting light” which, Charles said, was a key aspect of Elizabeth’s faith in God and belief in people. Princess Catherine is paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth this holiday season. In a promo video released on the Prince and Princess of Wales' social media pages on Thursday, the 40-year-old royal revealed the "hundreds of inspiring individuals" that were invited to this year's "Royal Carols: Together At Christmas," and they are people who followed the late royal's mission.
The king and his wife, Queen Consort Camilla, led family members to a service at St. Mary Magdalene Church. They included Prince William, Charles' older son and heir to the throne, and William's wife, Kate, and the couple's three children, Prince George, 9, Princess Charlotte, 7, and Prince Louis, 4.
Sandringham has been the private country home of four generations of British monarchs for more than 160 years, but this was the royal family's first Christmas there since 2019, according to Britain's Press Association news agency.
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