Good morning. Merry christmas. The queen will lead members of the royal family for the annual festive Church Service at sandringham this morning. Yesterday, the duke of edinburgh rejoined his family after spending four nights in hospital. Prince george and Princess Charlotte will attend the service for the first time. Prince andrew, who stepped back from royal duties last month, has attended an Early Morning service with Prince Charles. Charlotte gallagher reports. The brothers walked side by side into the charge for the 9am service. Charlotte gallagher reports. Prince philip arrives back at sandringham by helicopter after spending four nights in a Central London hospital. He walked out unaided and without a stick. A huge relief for his family that hes home to spend Christmas Day with them. This hasnt been the smoothest year for the royals, something the queen appears to acknowledge in her christmas message, describing 2019 as quite bumpy. Later today, the royal family will attend chur
Attending the service for the first time and people have been queueing for hours to see the royal family. Those will be one of the main draws for people coming down, a chance to see two of the youngest members of the royal family. This is such a tradition for some people. It is a tradition for some people. It is a tradition for some people. It is a tradition for the royal family to attend church on Christmas Day but actually, now, the circle we saw in the sky earlier they have made it into a smiley face. Hopefully the cameraman can show you that. They have done a little emoji for the royal family. That was my next question, how do they do that . no idea. That will be a welcome sight for the children if they come up. A lot of speculation about who will attend. And some peoplejust lot of speculation about who will attend. And some people just really wa nt to attend. And some people just really want to see the queen. Some have not seen her before in person. At sandringham you get to see a
Celebrated in review 2019 we remember, in 30 minutes time. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The queen and members of the royal family are attending the annual Church Service in sandringham. Her majesty arrived a few minutes ago surrounded by members of her family, few minutes ago surrounded by members of herfamily, the duke of edinburgh came back to norfolk on Christmas Eve following a four night stay at king edward vii hospital. He is not attending the Christmas Day Church Service and he didnt last year either. Prince george and Princess Charlotte were there for the first time. Prince andrew, who stepped back from royal duties last month earlier attended Morning Service with prince charles. The brothers walked side by side in peace St Mary Magdalene church before the service at the head of the real familys traditional late Morning Service. Letsjust the real familys traditional late Morning Service. Lets just show you those latest pictures of the moment when her majesty the queen
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The queen and members of the royal family have been attending the annual Church Service in sandringham, her majesty arrived surrounded by members of her family. We now see her leaving the service which has just we now see her leaving the service which hasjust finished. There we now see her leaving the service which has just finished. There she is emerging with the prince of wales and camilla, duchess of cornwall, behind. Kate and william with george and charlotte attending for the first time ever. Louis is at home. Princess and in the background in purple anne. The queen strolling down the path of Mary Magdalene church. Prince charles and Prince Andrew arrived for the earlier service and Prince Andrew is not there for the live am service. Harry and meghan are not with the royals this year in sandringham for the Norfolk Christmas which is so familiar to the royal family. A crisp, bright, day in norfolk and there are lots of people waiting to see the queen on her way in and im assuming t