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The Royal Family owns homes, castles and palaces all over the country with many of them being bought with private funds. While events such as Easter are spent at Windsor Castle, Christmas is typically enjoyed at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk. Last year's festive period was a huge step forward for more reasons than one.

King Charles will make his first appearance at a major royal event when the family comes together to celebrate Easter Sunday at St George's Chapel, Windsor. While the late Queen always traditionally held the spring celebration in Windsor, King Charles and Queen Camilla have often opted to spend the time privately at their Birkhall home near the Balmoral Estate in Scotland. Birkhall was built in 1715 and was originally owned by the Farquharson family, before being acquired by the Gordon family.

The Prince and Princess of Wales' and their three young children will not be joining the rest of the Royal Family at the traditional Easter Sunday Matins Service at St George's Chapel, Windsor.The family of five are expected instead to spend the day at their Anmer Hall home in Norfolk. Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis broke up from school for the Easter holidays on Friday, 22 March - the same day that Kate bravely revealed she had been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy treatment.The home, which was given to the couple by Queen Elizabeth II after their wedding in 2011, is thought to be their favourite residence to escape to - and is somewhere where they have a wide circle of close friends.

Prince Harry is feeling the heat from his wife Meghan Markle to mend ties with the Royal Family for business reasons, a royal expert claims.

The Prince and Princess of Wales' helicopter was pictured departing from the Windsor Estate on Saturday, 23 March with it being thought that the family of five are taking a well-earned break at Anmer Hall in Norfolk. Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis broke up from school for the Easter holidays on Friday, 22 March - the same day that Kate bravely revealed she had been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy treatment.The home, which was given to the couple by Queen Elizabeth II after their wedding in 2011, is thought to be their favourite residence to escape to - and is somewhere where they have a wide circle of close friends.

Kate Middleton's cancer diagnosis has followed months of health scares for the Royal Family.

The Princess of Wales has had an emotional few months after an outlandish social media conspiracy theory was sparked online questioning Kate's whereabouts as she continues to recover from major surgery. Even though the heartwarming Mother's Day image of Kate beaming with her children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis was shared, several major photo agencies then withdrew the snap over fears it had been “edited at source”.

After two days of eating and drinking in lavish style, Boxing Day is when many of the royals get up early, pull on their waxed Barbour jackets and wellington boots, and load their guns for a day of shooting on the 20,000-acre Sandringham estate. Although for many of us the day is about strolling off the excesses, playing games and snuggling in front of the TV, senior members of the family are expected to join the hunt for plump pheasants or grouse.

The Royal Family are expected to spend Christmas at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk this year with members of the family all staying in the main house and vacant surrounding properties.To relieve the number of people staying in the house itself, royals such as the Prince and Princess of Wales are likely to stay at their nearby home of Anmer Hall with their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.Thought to be their favourite property, Anmer Hall was a wedding gift to the couple from the late Queen and is located on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk. Anmer Hall is an 18th century red-brick home situated in the village of Anmer in Norfolk, England.

The King and the rest of the Royal Family are set to return to the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk this Christmas and will take part in many of the fun and unique traditions that they enjoy year in, year out. Among these quirks that set members of the Firm apart from many of us in the UK are how they open their presents on Christmas Eve and buy one another joke gifts.

The King will deliver the second Christmas message of his reign from a Buckingham Palace room decorated with a living Christmas tree. It is the first time a living tree has been used as part of the backdrop for Charles’ annual festive address to the nation and Commonwealth.

It has long been said that Windsor Castle is the most haunted of all the royal residences with over 25 reported experiences of ghosts and spirits - but it isn't the only famous home that has reports of paranormal activity.There is one home on the vast Sandringham Estate in Norfolk that was never lived in by the late Queen, despite the significant connections it holds to her relatives. There may be a reason for this, however, as it has long been said there is one historic resident who may be outstaying his welcome.The royal in question was involved in a number of scandals during his lifetime and would have been King if a tragedy hadn't happened.

The Royal Family has a number of properties at their disposal which stretch as far north as the Castle of Mey in Scotland and as far south as Tamarisk House on the Isles of Scilly. While the King has access to many royal residences up and down the country, did you know that the Prince and Princess of Wales can call four royal residences their own? Thought to be their favourite property, Anmer Hall was a wedding gift to the couple from the late Queen and is located on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.

For a diamond broach heaving with 158 carats, the first thought to come to mind wouldn't be 'Granny's Chips'.

Carmel Dagan Staff Writer Michael Gambon, the Irish-English actor best known for his role as Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in six of the “Harry Potter” movies, has died, Variety has confirmed. He was 82.

Sarah Ferguson has opened up on how her mastectomy helped her overcome her self-hatred - which was sparked by being constantly compared to Princess Diana. The Duchess of York revealed she had undergone the operation earlier this year at King Edward VII's Hospital in London after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Following the procedure, she has been recovering at her home at Royal Lodge, Windsor, with her ex-husband Prince Andrew, whom she split from almost 30 years ago.

Sarah Ferguson opened up about her recovery after undergoing a single mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgery. Last month, the 63-year-old Duchess of York revealed that she had been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. During an episode of her "Tea Talks" podcast with Sarah Thompson that was recorded one week after her surgery, Ferguson reflected on recuperating after the eight-hour procedure.

Sarah Ferguson reportedly endured an eight-hour breast cancer operation following her heart breaking diagnosis.

, has revealed she has undergone a single mastectomy after a . Sarah Ferguson, and mother of Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, was diagnosed after a routine mammogram.The duchess discussed her condition on a pre-recorded episode of her Tea Talks with The Duchess and Sarah podcast, released today, saying: “We’re taping the podcast today, and tomorrow I’m going for a single mastectomy.

It is currently unclear when she was first diagnosed with breast cancer, but her spokesperson has confirmed to royal watchers that the "prognosis is good."

Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, has been treated for breast cancer, her spokesman said today.

Trooping the Colour.King Charles III will attend his first Trooping the Colour parade as sovereign on June 17 and it will mark his official birthday.However, the 74-year-old’s completion of another trip around the sun is actually on November 14.So why does the monarch observe two birthdays every year?The answer lies in something pretty unexpected: the weather.Trooping the Colour has been a tradition in the royal family since 1748.However, Edward VII — who reigned from 1901 to 1910 — was born in November, and he decided to move the bash to June because there was less likely to be rainy skies.And he didn’t want anything to ruin the joyful occasion. But the custom may wane if Prince William or his oldest son, Prince George, take the throne in the future.George, 9, celebrates his big day on July 22, while the Prince of Wales, 40, honors his birthday on this year’s summer solstice, June 21.During the Trooping the Colour, hundreds of soldiers and horses stomp the ground from Buckingham Palace to Horse Guards Parade.Members of the royal family ride alongside the military personnel on horseback and in carriages.The late Queen Elizabeth often participated in the parade, despite her birthday being in April.

Prince Harry is due at a London court Tuesday to testify against a tabloid publisher he accuses of phone hacking and other unlawful snooping. Harry alleges that journalists at the Daily Mirror and its sister papers used unlawful techniques on an “industrial scale” to get scoops. Publisher Mirror Group Newspapers is contesting the claims.

King Charles III is posing with his heirs. In a photo released on Friday, the new king smiles alongside his son, Prince William, and grandson, Prince George.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla are getting their official portraits taken.

took Charles and Camilla’s wedding photos in 2005, snapped the pictures immediately after the 74-year-old monarch was officially crowned at Westminster Abbey on May 6, reports the BBC.Dressed in the Robe of Estate and wearing the Imperial State Crown, Charles looked regal in Buckingham Palace’s Throne Room. The new monarch is captured holding the Sovereign’s Orb and Sovereign’s Scepter with Cross in his often-mocked “sausage” fingers.

King Charles III. The image, taken by Hugo Burnand, shows the monarch seated on one of a pair of 1902 throne chairs made for the future King George V and Queen Mary for use at the coronation of King Edward VII.He’s seen wearing the Imperial State Crown, holding the Orb and Sceptre with Cross, and dressed in his regal purple tunic and Robe of Estate.The first official portrait of His Majesty The King following his Coronation on 6th May.

“Wedding of the Century.”Following the Princess of Wales’ death in 1997, Charles and Camilla — nicknamed “the double Cs,” as well as “Fred and “Gladys” — began to pursue their relationship in public.The couple finally wed in 2005 — and the rest is history.Following Queen Elizabeth’s death in September 2022, Charles became King and his wife has stayed by his side, effectively becoming his co-monarch. But before the twosome lived happily ever after as a married couple, they pursued a decadeslong extra-marital romance.Their affair seemingly mirrored the past, as Camilla was actually not the first person to have an illicit rendezvous with a royal in her family.Her great-great-grandmother, Alice Keppel, was the mistress of his great-great-grandfather King Edward VII, from 1898 until Edward’s death in 1910.

K.J. Yossman Composer Patrick Doyle counts “Cinderella,” “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” among the films he has scored. From Saturday, the two-time Oscar nominee (for his work on “Hamlet” and “Sense and Sensibility”) will have another credit to add to his already-lengthy resume: composing the music for King Charles III’s coronation. It is a gig that will cement his place in the annals of history, joining fellow royal coronation composers including Handel (who was commissioned for the coronation of King George II in 1727) and Elgar (for Edward VII in 1902). So how did the man who also composed the music for “The Emoji Movie” and “Bridget Jones’s Diary” come to be involved in such an historic event?

Neighbourhoods around Great Britain will be tuning in to watch the crowning of King Charles and Camilla this weekend - but has your street been named after the Coronation? There are almost 500 roads and streets across the UK that have been royally named after the momentous occasion, including ITV’s Coronation Street.The world’s longest running soap has been a TV staple since the 1960s, and is said to be named after the Coronation of King Edward VII. And King Charles has even walked the famous Weatherfield cobbles, where he most notably popped into the Rovers Return and chatted with several other cast members.