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| Royals to attend church service | Royals to attend church service |
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| The Queen and other members of the Royal Family will head to church at Sandringham later for their traditional Christmas day outing. | |
| It has become customary in recent years for the royals to spend Christmas at their residence in Norfolk. | |
| Prince Harry is not with his family because he is on duty with his regiment the Blues and Royal at his barracks. | Prince Harry is not with his family because he is on duty with his regiment the Blues and Royal at his barracks. |
| The Queen's Christmas message will be broadcast on radio and television and online at 1500 GMT. | |
| The theme, in the year of the monarch's 80th birthday, is the relationship between different generations and how much young and old of all faiths have to offer each other. | The theme, in the year of the monarch's 80th birthday, is the relationship between different generations and how much young and old of all faiths have to offer each other. |
| Well-wishers | |
| The Queen will be joined at the Sandringham service by the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, and 24-year-old Prince William. | |
| Other regulars at the annual event include Zara Phillips, Peter Phillips, Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, the Princess Royal and the Duke of York. | |
| But royal aides say Prince William's girlfriend Kate Middleton is not joining the family for the Christmas Day celebration. | |
| The Duchess of Cornwall will leave after lunch to spend the rest of the day with her family - daughter Laura Lopes and son Tom Parker-Bowles - as she did last year. | |
| Crowds of well-wishers usually gather outside St Mary Magdalene's Church to offer flowers and Christmas tidings to the royals. | |
| Most of the royal party walk to church from nearby Sandringham House. | |
| There was extra security in place at the church on Sunday as the Queen attended a Christmas Eve service. | |
| Filled stockings | |
| The royals have a well-tread Christmas routine which starts with the opening of their presents on Christmas Eve. | |
| After a black-tie dinner in the evening, the corgis are led out and the ladies adjourn, leaving Prince Philip to serve port or brandy to the men. | |
| On Christmas morning, the Royal Family awake to stockings filled with small gifts and fruit at the foot of their beds. | |
| After church, Christmas lunch featuring a giant turkey reared at Sandringham is served with all the trimmings. | |
| The 26 December is an outdoor affair when Prince Philip organises a shoot. |