The Royal Family’s Most Iconic Christmas Cards

The Royal Family’s Most Iconic Christmas Cards

The British royal family’s Christmas cards don’t just reach family, friends and neighbors – they reach an entire country. And now, thanks to social media, the entire world. So, some tacky photo from a family holiday or university graduation is not going to make the cut.

Fortunately, with a 170-year-old tradition of sending out Christmas cards, they have plenty of practice. Enjoy scrolling through some of the history of the British royal Christmas cards below.

Princess Mary’s Christmas card in 1914, part of a Christmas gift tin for soldiers.
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A 1942 Christmas card from Princess Elizabeth (later, Queen Elizabeth) to the Grenadier Guards regiment of the British Army.
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Prince Charles, Princess Diana, Prince William and Prince Harry in 1987
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A Christmas card from the Wales family in 1988
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The royal family’s Christmas card in 2005, featuring a photo from Prince Charles’s wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles
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Prince Charles with his two sons in 2008
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Charles and Camilla’s Christmas card from 2013
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The Cambridge family Christmas card in 2015.
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Prince Charles and Camilla in 2015
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The Cambridges in a color-coordinated Christmas card in 2017
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In their first Christmas card together, the Prince Harry and Meghan shared a never-before-seen shot from their wedding.
Photo: Chris Allerton / Courtesy of Kensington Palace
Baby Prince Louis made an appearance in the Cambridges’ 2018 Christmas card photo
Photo: Matt Porteous / Courtesy of Kensington Palace
Prince Charles and Camilla’s 2019 Christmas card features the couple driving a vintage car.
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The Cambridge family in 2020
Photo: By Matt Porteous/Courtesy of Kensington Palace
In the wake of the fallout from Harry & Meghan on Netflix, the Wales family posed together on their Norfolk estate for their 2022 Christmas card – all five holding hands in a line in a deliberate show of unity.
Photo: Matt Porteous/PA Media

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