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. Photo: Getty ImagesA 1942 Christmas card from Princess Elizabeth (later, Queen Elizabeth) to the Grenadier Guards regiment of the British Army. Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Charles, Princess Diana, Prince William and Prince Harry in 1987 Photo: Getty ImagesA Christmas card from the Wales family in 1988 Photo: Getty ImagesThe royal family’s Christmas card in 2005, featuring a photo from Prince Charles’s wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Charles with his two sons in 2008 Photo: Getty ImagesCharles and Camilla’s Christmas card from 2013 Photo: Getty ImagesThe Cambridge family Christmas card in 2015. Photo: Getty ImagesPrince Charles and Camilla in 2015 Photo: Getty ImagesThe Cambridges in a color-coordinated Christmas card in 2017 Photo: Getty ImagesIn 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 PalaceBaby Prince Louis made an appearance in the Cambridges’ 2018 Christmas card photo Photo: Matt Porteous / Courtesy of Kensington PalacePrince Charles and Camilla’s 2019 Christmas card features the couple driving a vintage car. Photo: Getty ImagesThe Cambridge family in 2020 Photo: By Matt Porteous/Courtesy of Kensington PalaceIn 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 Mediabeauty
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