It was not the longest royal queue of the year by quite some way, but three hours was nonetheless an impressive amount of waiting time.⁠ ⁠ They had started gathering before the Christmas dawn and, as organ music swept out of St Mary Magdalene Church, supporters of the royals were rewarded with the sight of Charles leading his family to Christmas worship as King for the first time.⁠ ⁠ His Majesty and the Queen strode in front, closely followed by the Waleses. Onlookers were delighted to see the so-called Fab Four become five, as Prince Louis joined his siblings George and Charlotte with their parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales.⁠ ⁠ On this first full Christmas at Sandringham since 2019 due to the Covid pandemic, this was the traditional image of a family united at Christmas.⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Read more via link in bio