{"id":134402,"date":"2024-12-15T07:16:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T07:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/15\/kate-middleton-and-prince-william-pick-kids-up-for-the-holidays\/"},"modified":"2024-12-15T07:16:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T07:16:22","slug":"kate-middleton-and-prince-william-pick-kids-up-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/15\/kate-middleton-and-prince-william-pick-kids-up-for-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton and Prince William Pick Kids up for the Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap\">It\u2019s formally Christmas break for <strong>Kate Middleton<\/strong>, <strong>Prince William<\/strong>, and their three children, as a lot as any member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/2023\/05\/the-royal-family-gets-back-to-work-after-a-busy-coronation-weekend?srsltid=AfmBOop_6bQ_AS5SPFQR4NMjdebtW8GC0fQu1ibfdp1VYIrA6qUvGxYq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the more and more busy<\/a> royal household will get to take break day. Lambrook School, the Berkshire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/2022\/08\/prince-george-princess-charlotte-prince-louis-new-school-berkshire-move-to-windsor-adelaide-cottage?srsltid=AfmBOooDwSDvTGXPPVDl23Dmi3jzi537FRzAuF0Xsf_POLQOiNi7_Kqo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">establishment attended by<\/a> <strong>Prince George<\/strong>, <strong>Princess Charlotte<\/strong>, and <strong>Prince Louis<\/strong>, <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.lambrookschool.co.uk\/whats-on\/term-dates\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.lambrookschool.co.uk\/whats-on\/term-dates\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lambrookschool.co.uk\/whats-on\/term-dates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">closed for the vacations<\/a> on Friday, December 13, for a three-and-a-half-week break that ends on January 8, 2025.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Prince Charles Prince of Wales Prince William Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry Duke of Sussex\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eybHBd fptoWY responsive-image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/675dd40a9b11b8ad62055b27\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/1086575946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/675dd40a9b11b8ad62055b27\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/1086575946 120w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/675dd40a9b11b8ad62055b27\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/1086575946 240w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/675dd40a9b11b8ad62055b27\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/1086575946 320w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/675dd40a9b11b8ad62055b27\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/1086575946 640w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/675dd40a9b11b8ad62055b27\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/1086575946 960w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/675dd40a9b11b8ad62055b27\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/1086575946 1280w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/675dd40a9b11b8ad62055b27\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/1086575946 1600w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-jSZdqE cmter caption AssetEmbedCaption-fNQBPI fmQnYP asset-embed__caption\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionText-bHjzlu iUEiRd jSwmTa iXWezO caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>FILE PHOTO: L-R) Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex arrive to attend Christmas Day Church service at Church of St Mary Magdalene on the Sandringham property on December 25, 2018 in King&#8217;s Lynn, England. (Photo by Stephen Pond\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionCredit-ejegDm iUEiRd cvffOM fNaHcW caption__credit\">Stephen Pond\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\">That college vacation is already beginning to guide up, it appears. The annual <em>Together at Christmas<\/em> carol occasion is already of their rearview mirrors (the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/kate-middleton-brings-up-her-difficult-year-during-together-at-christmas-event?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in-person live performance was December 6<\/a>, with a UK broadcast scheduled for Christmas Eve), and the household has headed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2014\/07\/duke-duchess-of-cambridge-summer-2014-holiday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their longstanding nation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/2015\/04\/kate-middleton-prince-william-moving-to-amner-hall?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">house of Anmer Hall<\/a>, Kate Middleton and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/2017\/05\/kate-middleton-anmer-hall-staff-william-george-charlotte?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince William\u2019s informal<\/a> abode on the royals\u2019 Sandringham Estate. The Georgian-style home, a marriage present to the couple from Queen Elizabeth II, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/2023\/10\/do-kate-middleton-and-prince-william-have-a-ghost-in-their-country-home?srsltid=AfmBOornIct0y9bboF7bSxwStv8QWk_PLhvb6x9kXZYkGDPKU3K3xahT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is reportedly haunted<\/a>\u2014however ghosts seem like a part of the British Christmas custom if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2015\/12\/christmas-movies-disappointment?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles Dickens is to be believed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Also a part of the household\u2019s custom is the annual household celebration at Sandringham, which begins with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/sarah-ferguson-prince-andrew-kate-middleton-king-charles?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a Christmas Day service<\/a> at Sandringham Church then\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/why-princess-diana-hated-christmas-with-the-windsors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per Princess Diana<\/a>\u2014a noon dinner punctuated with \u201csilly behavior\u201d and inside jokes. This yr, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/the-royal-family-is-planning-one-of-the-biggest-family-christmases-ever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">royal sources say<\/a>, about 40 relations will probably be current for \u201cone of the biggest family Christmases ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Mark Phillips Princess Margaret Countess of Snowdon and Prince Andrew Duke of York\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eybHBd fptoWY responsive-image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/675dd448b9be37d24787a0f0\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/1215645057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/675dd448b9be37d24787a0f0\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/1215645057 120w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/675dd448b9be37d24787a0f0\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/1215645057 240w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/675dd448b9be37d24787a0f0\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/1215645057 320w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/675dd448b9be37d24787a0f0\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/1215645057 640w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/675dd448b9be37d24787a0f0\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/1215645057 960w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/675dd448b9be37d24787a0f0\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/1215645057 1280w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/675dd448b9be37d24787a0f0\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/1215645057 1600w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-jSZdqE cmter caption AssetEmbedCaption-fNQBPI fmQnYP asset-embed__caption\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionText-bHjzlu iUEiRd jSwmTa iXWezO caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>British royals Sarah, Duchess of York, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900-2002), Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997), Peter Phillips, Zara Phillips, Prince Charles, Anne, Princess Royal, Prince William, and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930-2002) attend the Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church on the Sandringham property in Norfolk, England, twenty fifth December 1988.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionCredit-ejegDm iUEiRd cvffOM fNaHcW caption__credit\">Princess Diana Archive\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cActually the plan is for them to all be at Sandringham for a very special big family Christmas. William and Catherine and the children will be there. The king and queen want their nearest and dearest with them to celebrate,\u201d a supply instructed <em>Vanity Fair<\/em> earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-christmas-william-kate?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">absent from the visitor listing<\/a> are <strong>Prince Harry<\/strong> and <strong>Meghan Markle<\/strong>, in addition to their youngsters <strong>Prince Archie<\/strong> and <strong>Princess Lilibet.<\/strong> The couple, who&#8217;re mentioned to stay estranged from William and Kate, in addition to <strong>King Charles III<\/strong> and <strong>Queen Camilla<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-reportedly-invited-4-royals-to-visit-california-for-the-holidays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly invited<\/a> two of that 40-guest listing to skip out on Sandringham for a celebration in sunny California. According to <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/1986508\/princess-eugenie-christmas-prince-harry-meghan-markle\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/1986508\/princess-eugenie-christmas-prince-harry-meghan-markle&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/1986508\/princess-eugenie-christmas-prince-harry-meghan-markle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Daily Express<\/em><\/a>, Harry and Meghan invited Harry\u2019s cousin, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/princess-eugenie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Princess Eugenie<\/a>,<\/strong> her husband, <strong>Jack Brooksbank<\/strong>, and their children, <strong>August<\/strong> and <strong>Ernest,<\/strong> to their Montecito house for the vacations. As of publication time, it\u2019s unknown if that invitation was accepted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] It\u2019s formally Christmas break for Kate Middleton, Prince William, and their three children, as a lot as any member of the more and more busy royal household will get to take break day. Lambrook School, the Berkshire establishment attended by Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, closed for the vacations on Friday, December [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":134404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[4853,1540,1820,2549,2272,1253,2550],"class_list":{"0":"post-134402","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-gossip","8":"tag-holidays","9":"tag-kate","10":"tag-kids","11":"tag-middleton","12":"tag-pick","13":"tag-prince","14":"tag-william"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}