The Royal Family's best Christmas moments in 21 pictures

Rebecca Taylor

·Royal Correspondent

Updated 22 December 2020 at 5:42 am

Royal Family Attending Christmas Service

Royal family at St George's Chapel, 1983

Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie meet Santa

Princes William and Harry with presents from well-wishers

Cambridges have Christmas with the Middletons

The Sussexes and Cambridges at Christmas

The Duchess Of Cambridge picks a Christmas tree

George and Charlotte's first Sandringham Christmas

After a tumultuous year, Christmas 2020 won’t be like any other for many people in Britain.

And for royal watchers, there will be no crowds outside the church at Sandringham, no new photos of Prince George and Princess Charlotte going to the service, and no pre-Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace.

The Queen’s annual Christmas broadcast will still go ahead, showing across various stations at 3pm on 25 December.

There will also likely be some special festive messages from the royals.

Yahoo UK takes a look back at some of the best Christmas moments from the Royal Family.

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