The British royal family can be notoriously difficult when it comes to exchanging Christmas gifts. With their penchant for gag gifts, or outright hating overly lavish Christmas gifts altogether, finding the perfect thing had been a dilemma for a few members of the royal family,

Kate Middleton had been dating Prince William for the better part of five years when she was invited to the royal family’s Christmas at Sandringham by Queen Elizabeth in a precedent-breaking move. (Typically,

Christmas meant a lot to the late Queen Elizabeth II. Here's why the royal family member loved the Christmas holidays.

However, there was one year Queen Elizabeth II skipped the Christmas speech for one very unusual reason. As reported by Royal Central, Her Majesty decided not to do a televised Christmas Day broadcast in 1969 after the release of a documentary earlier that year called The Royal Family.

When Kate Middleton celebrated Christmas with the royal family at Sandringham for the first time after marrying into the family in 2011, she admitted she was “worried” about what to get Queen Elizabeth — but her thoughtful,

For our last lookback at Royal Christmas Broadcasts throughout the years, we are looking at one of the most historic Christmas speeches: Queen Elizabeth II’s first Christmas address as monarch in 1952.

The Princess of Wales' appearance on Dec. 25 will be especially poignant following her cancer diagnosis earlier in 2024