The royal family ‘s annual trip to Sandringham to spend Christmas week together always sounds like such a glamorous affair, but experts are now revealing that the Norfolk house isn’t exactly a five-star situation. It’s more about the bonding experience rather than a luxurious vacation.

Find out if Queen Camilla's children, Tom Parker Bowles and Laura Lopes, celebrated Christmas with her and King Charles this year.

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King Charles, Queen Camilla and other members of the royal family participated in the Christmas walk to St. Mary Magdalene Church at Sandringham in Norfolk.

The online sensation - also dubbed as a "hot equerry" - made a rare appearance in Norfolk this Christmas with the Royal Family.

In her lawsuit against Justin Baldoni, Blake Lively claimed a lack of protocols led to her and her infant son contracting COVID on set of It Ends With Us. In court documents obtained by Us Weekly, and filed by Lively, 37, on Friday, December 20, she alleges Baldoni, 40, and his business partner Jamey Heath

Lt. Col. Jonny Thompson, King Charles’ “hot equerry” also known as “Major Eye Candy,” made a rare public appearance with the royal family at their Sandringham Christmas Day walkabout following his step back from front-facing duty earlier this year because of fan frenzy over his good looks.

Princess Margaret's grandson, Samuel Chatto, was given special permission to invite his girlfriend, Eleanor Ekserdjian, to spend Christmas with the royals - and it could be a sign of things to come

For decades, it was unheard of that Royal Family members would invite their partners to Sandringham before they were married - but that tradition has been set aside

Meghan Markle was famously invited to Sandringham for Christmas before her wedding to Prince Harry - and the tradition has been broken again this year