Royal Palaces at Christmas

Stories about the royal family during the festive season

Stories about the royal family during the festive season, from dancer Wayne Sleep revealing he was smuggled into Kensington Palace to give Princess Diana private lessons to a pub landlord who had Elizabeth II as a customer after she was stranded by a snowstorm. There is the tale of how Sandringham became a Christmas palace thanks to a wayward Prince of Wales needing a country home for feasting and entertaining, and how Elizabeth II would travel to Norfolk for Christmas by commuter train