London, December 25, 2023 – Christmas Mass at Sandringhamin Scotland, for the Royal family British. A tradition that is renewed even after the death of Queen Elizabeth, but this time with something new: the presence of Sarah Ferguson. For the first time in 30 years, the Duchess of York, Andrew's ex-wife, accompanied the Windsors on the public walk to church.
King Charles and Queen Camilla lead the royal family procession towards the church at Sandringham (Ansa).
At the head of the small royal “procession” stood the Sovereign Charles III with Queen Camilla. With them the prince William with his wife Kate and childrenthe Dukes of Edinburgh, Prince Andrew himself along with his daughter Beatrice with her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.
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King Charles' environmental speech
But today was also the day of the King's Christmas address and Charles, a well-known environmentalist, stressed the importance of looking after the planet “for the benefit of our children's children”. The monarch reported that she finds “great inspiration” in the “growing awareness of how we must protect the earth and nature.”
There was no shortage of references to ongoing conflicts around the worldnot only the war in Gaza And in Ukraine. “At a time of increasingly tragic conflict in the world, I pray that we too will do everything in our power to protect ourselves,” he said in his message, in which he praised communities’ “generous army” of volunteers support across the country. King Charles, who launched his Coronation Food Project in November, called on people to “support those less fortunate than us”.