Inside Christmas at Sandringham – including TWO turkeys, Kate's favourite beer pong and five formal outfit changes | The Sun
Inside Christmas at Sandringham – including TWO turkeys, Kate's favourite beer pong and five formal outfit changes | The Sun
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EVERY year the royal family flocks to celebrate Christmas at Sandringham and they certainly pull out all the stops.
From a glittering black tie dinner to slightly less highbrow games like beer pong, the ‘other half’ definitely know how to throw an extravagant bash.
While the monarchy has undergone a huge change in recent years with the passing of Queen Elizabeth and the coronation of King Charles, their Christmas plans remain unchanged for 2023.
Here, Fabulous goes behind-the-scenes of a royal festive celebration to see how the elite let their hair down at the sprawling Norfolk estate…
Family footie match
While you may imagine a royal Christmas to be a formal affair, they do like to get stuck into a messy game of football.
Royal expert Jennie Bond revealed to OK!: "Sometimes there is a Christmas Eve football match with some of the staff.”
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There is plenty of room for a kick-about in the 20,000-acre estate, and footie mad PrinceWilliam, who supports Aston Villa and is President of the Football Association, is likely to get involved with his kids.
Kate loving Beer Pong
No festive period is complete without some competitive games, even when you are in the royal family.
Jennie added: "The family are keen on games of all sorts, cards and charades are popular.
“And now we know that Kate Middleton enjoys the drinking game, Beer Pong, thanks to Mike Tindall’s podcast, so perhaps some of the family might start a new Christmas tradition at Sandringham.”
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