Queen And Royals Attend Christmas Day Service

The Royal Family's traditional Sandringham festivities are getting under way with three notable absentees.

The Queen joined other members of the royal family for the Christmas Day church service after recovering from a cold.

Wearing a turquoise coat dress and matching hat, Her Majesty was wished a merry Christmas by about 1,000 wellwishers at St Mary Magdalene.

She made the short journey from Sandringham House in a Bentley with princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.

The Duchess left hospital earlier this month

The Duke of Edinburgh, 91, who missed last year's service with a heart problem, walked the few hundred yards from the house to the church accompanied by the Duke of York and the Earl and the Countess of Wessex.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are spending the day with Kate's family, while Prince Harry is serving as an Apache pilot in Afghanistan.

Traditionally, the whole family would gather at the Queen's estate home over the festive period.

But this year's appearance is slightly more low-key without William and Kate who are spending the day privately in Bucklebury, Berkshire.

Prince Harry is currently serving in Afghanistan

The Duchess has had a testing few weeks, having been forced to announce her pregnancy earlier than planned when she was admitted to King Edward VII's Hospital in London following a bout of severe morning sickness.

The condition, known as hyperemesis gravidarum, leaves expectant mothers so ill they cannot keep food or liquids down.

Days later, she and Prince William found themselves offering their condolences to the family of nurse Jacintha Saldanha, 46, who was found hanged in her nurses' quarters after answering a prank call made to the hospital by two Australian DJs impersonating the Queen and Prince of Wales.

The Duke and Duchess are expected to follow their stay in Bucklebury with a visit to Sandringham at some point over the festive period.

In Afghanistan Prince Harry, like thousands of other servicemen, is celebrating Christmas with troops.

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