Η σημασία των γιορτών για τη βρετανική οικογένεια μπορεί στη βάση της να μη διαφέρει ιδιαίτερα από αυτό που έχουμε οι υπόλοιποι κοινοί θνητοί στο μυαλό μας, ωστόσο στα καθήκοντα των μελών της συμπεριλαμβάνονται ένα σωρό κοινωνικές υποχρεώσεις, φιλανθρωπικού και κοσμικού χαρακτήρα. Παραδοσιακά λοιπόν, οι royals περνούν τα Χριστούγεννα στο αγαπημένο της Βασίλισσας Ελισάβετ Sandrigham House στο Norfolk (εκτός από φέτος λόγω κορωνοϊού), εκκλησιάζονται και κάνουν συγκεκριμένες εμφανίσεις, ωστόσο αν εξαιρέσουμε τις φωτογραφίες που δίνουν στη δημοσιότητα, εντός του «σπιτιού» τους δεν ξέρουμε τι ακριβώς συμβαίνει.

Παρακάτω βλέπεις με χρονολογική σειρά από το 1944 μέχρι και τις πιο πρόσφατες δεκαετίες, μερικά στιγμιότυπα που είδαν το φως της δημοσιότητας.

 

23rd December 1944: Princesses Margaret Rose (1930 – 2002) (right) and Elizabeth wearing elaborate dresses for ‘Old Mother Red Riding Boots’, the Christmas pantomime they are performing in at Windsor Castle, Berkshire. (Photo by Lisa Sheridan/Studio Lisa/Getty Images)

 

25th December 1957: Queen Elizabeth II smiling towards The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh just before the end of her first Christmas Day television speech to her nation. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

 

Queen Elizabeth II looking at a photograph album with her sons Prince Andrew (left) and Prince Edward, December 1971. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

 

WINDSOR – DECEMBER 25: Queen Elizabeth II with Prince Andrew, Princess Diana and Prince Charles leave the Christmas Day service in St. Georges Chapel at Windsor Castle on December 25, 1982. (Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images)

 

Princess Diana (1961 – 1997) wearing an Escada coat with a hat by Philip Somerville before a Christmas Day church service at Windsor, 25th December 1987. With her are (left to right) Prince William, Lord Frederick Windsor, Zara Phillips and Peter Phillips. (Photo by Terry Fincher/Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images)

 

British royals Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930-2002), Peter Phillips, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince William, Prince Harry and Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997) attend the Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, 25th December 1990. (Photo by Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images)

 

British royals Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997), wearing a blue and turquoise suit by Catherine Walker, with a matching hat, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York attend the Christmas Day church service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, England, 25th December 1991. (Photo by Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images)

 

Queen Elizabeth II and fashion designer Zandra Rhodes admire Christmas decorations on the Christmas tree in the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace on December 15, 1998 in London, England. (Photo by Anwar Hussein/Getty Images)

 

Queen Elizabeth II films her traditional Christmas broadcast to the Commonwealth from Buckingham Palace on December 19, 2001 in London, England. (Photo by Anwar Hussein/Getty Images)

 

Britain’s Prince William, Prince Harry and Zara Phillips, daughter of Princes Anne, leave after attending the Christmas Day service at Sandringham Church, King’s Lynn on December 25, 2004 in Norfolk, England. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

 

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II accepts a bunch of flower from a boy dresses as Father Christmas after she attended the Christmas Day service at Sandringham Church, King’s Lynn on December 25, 2004 in Norfolk, England. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

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