Have you ever wondered how the royal family celebrate at Christmas? We take a closer look inside their Sandringham festivities - and some of their unusual traditions

Members of the British royal family exchange gifts every Dec. 24 — not on Christmas morning as many families do. As Prince Harry put it in his 2023 memoir, Spare, doing so is “a German tradition that survived the anglicizing of the family surname from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.”

Just like every other family, the royals also have their own set of special Christmas traditions. Here are 12 royal family Christmas traditions.

Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie are skipping the royal family's Christmas at Sandringham amid Prince Andrew’s latest scandal

It is understood that they'll be joining the rest of the family on the big day, however, along with Prince William's 'secret' step-sister, Laura Lopes - who doesn't technically harbour a royal role. The 46-year-old is the daughter of Queen Camilla from her first marriage to Andrew Parker Bowles, and the youngster sister of Tom Parker Bowles, 49.

The Royal Family have many of their own traditions, with one of the biggest being their Christmas plans. Each year, members of the Royal Family gather at Sandringham with the monarch to celebrate the festive season,

Though Meghan Markle and Prince Harry haven't spent Christmas with the British royal family since 2018, that doesn't stop the annual flurry of will-they, won't-they rumors come holiday season. Perhaps unsurprisingly,