Louis, Charlotte and George take centre stage on walk to Christmas Day church service in Sandringham
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Charlotte, George and Louis clutch teddy bears and chocolates gifted to them by well-wishers. Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte and Prince George took centre stage on Christmas morning as they joined the Prince and Princess of Wales on their traditional walk to the church service on the family’s Sandringham estate.
![[The Princess of Wales, Prince Louis, and Princess Charlotte]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/25/13/SEI234213982.jpg)
The three grinning children held hands with Kate and William as they walked past throngs of well-wishers on the way to St Mary Magdalene Church. George, 11, Charlotte, nine, and Louis, six, were all dressed in matching navy coats, with cheery Charlotte sporting a dark green bow in her hair. Kate was also colour co-ordinated with her children, wearing a green coat and hat for the occasion.
![[Princess Charlotte waves to on-lookers]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/25/13/SEI234216979-%281%29.jpg)
The family looked in good spirits as they paused to speak to the on-lookers who had been waiting to see the royals walk to the church. Some had arrived to bag their spots on Christmas Eve and camped out overnight. The family, including the King and Queen, gathered for a photo outside the church. They were greeted by the Reverend Canon Dr Paul Rhys Williams before they headed inside, with the national anthem being sung before the first hymn, O Come, All Ye Faithful.
![[Prince William and his children are pictured outside church on Christmas morning, clutching gifts from well-wishers]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/25/13/SEI234216046.jpg)
Charlotte was pictured waving to the crowds as she clutched a bunch of white roses and a Cadbury’s chocolate selection box. George had also been gifted a white teddy bear and some Cadbury’s chocolates. Earlier this year, William described the past year, in which his wife and father were treated for cancer, as “brutal”.
![[Princess Beatrice, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and Christopher Woolf]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/25/13/SEI234217795.jpg)
