{"id":2215424,"date":"2025-12-29T12:15:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2215424"},"modified":"2025-12-29T12:15:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:15:22","slug":"a-former-palace-aid-has-explained-why-royal-christmases-arent-all-that-relaxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/a-former-palace-aid-has-explained-why-royal-christmases-arent-all-that-relaxing\/","title":{"rendered":"A Former Palace Aid Has Explained Why Royal Christmases Aren\u2019t \u2018All That Relaxing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<ul id=\"c3846bd8-9089-4448-a58b-5d5d136bbb0f\">\n<li>Former Palace aid Angela Kelly has described royal Christmases as not &#8220;all that relaxing&#8221;, in her 2019 memoir, <em>The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>According to Kelly, &#8220;there is a lot to do and many events to attend,&#8221; with guests needing &#8220;several outfit changes in one day&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>The royal family is expected to continue their holiday break in Sandringham until early January.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"cfab5988-61e7-4444-8058-8f2ca3ab9d23\">The <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/news\/royal-news\/line-of-succession\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/news\/royal-news\/line-of-succession\">Mountbatten-Windsors<\/a> are known to pull out all the stops at Christmas, with the royal family gathering from far and wide to see in the festivities at their Norfolk estate.<\/p>\n<p>And from <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/news\/kate-middleton-prince-harry-christmas-gift-629386\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/news\/kate-middleton-prince-harry-christmas-gift-629386\">joke gift exchanges on Christmas Eve<\/a>, and the <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/news\/royal-family-monopoly-669908\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/news\/royal-family-monopoly-669908\">family-wide ban on Monopoly<\/a> to a bizarre tradition seeing <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/entertainment\/people\/meghan-markle-doria-ragland-royal-tradition-628726\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/entertainment\/people\/meghan-markle-doria-ragland-royal-tradition-628726\">guests weighed on antique scales <\/a>to ensure that they have eaten enough, festive antics at Sandringham are legendary.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"f2d42022-3aae-48da-a4c1-3f33d645e206-0\">However, according to royal insiders, it isn&#8217;t all fun and games, with the family members in attendance having a busy calendar of events to follow between Christmas and New Year.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-solid border-[#333]\">\n<span class=\"&#10;after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t-[#333] after:border-t after:border-solid&#10;before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t-[#333] before:border-t 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