King and Queen walk to church at Sandringham after ‘brutal’ year
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The Queen and Princess of Wales were seen in matching green as they attended a morning church service in Sandringham on Christmas Day. The King was seen waving as he led Camilla, Kate, her husband the Prince of Wales, and their three children - Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, nine, and six-year-old Prince Louis - from Sandringham House to St Mary Magdalene Church past a crowd of well-wishers.
Kate wore a forest green coat dress complete with a plaid scarf and matching green pillbox hat while Camilla joined her in wearing the natural hue. Also in the walking party were the Princess Royal and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh. Members of the royal family who walked to the service were greeted at the foot of the steps to the church by the Reverend Canon Dr Paul Rhys Williams.
They then headed inside and the National Anthem was sung before the first hymn, O Come, All Ye Faithful. At the front of the queue of well-wishers who waited to see members of the royal family walk to church on Christmas Day were a pair of Londoners. Retired chef John Loughrey, from Wandsworth, said he and Sky London travelled by train to King’s Lynn then took a bus, arriving at Sandringham in Norfolk at 7.30pm on Christmas Eve before camping overnight.
“We had sleeping bags with us and a heat pad,” the 69-year-old said. “It was a bit damp last night. “We came here for Catherine. She’s been an inspiration the last year what she’s been through. “We want to support her and her family.”. Mr London, 64, from Paddington added: “If you’re a royalist and you love the royals you do anything.”.
