Prince George and Princess Charlotte to make first public Christmas Day outing this year
PRINCE George and Princess Charlotte will make their first public Christmas outing this year, The Sun can reveal.
George, six, and Charlotte, four, will walk with their parents William and Kate to church on Christmas Day.
It will be the first time the Cambridges will do the famous walk from Sandringham House, where the Queen hosts Christmas, to St Mary Magdalene Church with the rest of the family.
A royal source said: “It will be so sweet. George and Charlotte will make their Christmas debut, as long as they’re both on good form on the day.
“It’s the picture all royal fans want to see. The royals walking to church on Christmas Day is a rite of passage and so William and Kate didn’t want to expose their children too early, but they feel they’re old enough now.
“After all the negative focus on Prince Andrew, these pictures will also emphasise the positive future of the Royal Family.
“Ultimately it’s the Queen who decides who does what on Christmas Day as it is a formal engagement.
“So perhaps she is conscious that this is a positive way in which to change the narrative.”
The Sun understands that Prince Andrew will also go to church along with the rest of the family but it’s likely he’ll go in the car with the Queen instead of walking from the ‘Big House’.
William and Kate will leave Louis at home with Kate‘s parents while they go to church as at 18 months he’s still too young.
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William made his first Christmas appearance in 1987 aged five at St George’s Chapel in Windsor, looking very at ease as he waved at photographers.
Harry joined his brother the following year aged four for the Royal Family’s Christmas Day service at Sandringham.
As the Sun first revealed, Harry and Meghan are not joining the rest of the royals this year, instead spending Christmas with Meghan’s mum Doria Ragland.
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