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\u201cWhile William is focused on far bigger reforms than the Christmas dinner, it is well known he never felt connected to the cheap Christmas\u2011gift tradition, nor to the Sandringham gathering. It\u2019s likely these two customs will be the first to go once he becomes king,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n
Regarding the \u201csilly gifts,\u201d tradition holds that the royals exchange inexpensive gag gifts on Christmas Eve. Under that tradition, younger or more junior family members often receive gifts last \u2014 something that reportedly frustrates William, especially when it means members such as Zara Tindall \u2014 daughter of Princess Anne \u2014 end up at the bottom of the list. The insider claims William \u201cadores\u201d Zara and dislikes the fact that she is last to receive, and previously joked he won\u2019t continue the tradition, despite understanding that his father does it out of nostalgia and in memory of his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n 4 View gallery <\/p>\n Fans have praised Princess Kate’s patience with son Prince Louis<\/p>\n (Photo: Aaron Chown – Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4 View gallery <\/p>\n William and Kate continue to present a picture of a united, loving family<\/p>\n (Photo: Aaron Chown – Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n Of course, Christmas tweaks are not the only reforms William reportedly envisions. He has spoken before about wanting a modern, more relaxed, and \u201cmuch more normal\u201d family\u2011style monarchy than the one currently in place.<\/p>\n Still, until his coronation happens (which likely won\u2019t be soon), William and Kate continue to present a picture of a united, loving family \u2014 recently attending the royal Christmas concert with their three children, Prince George of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte of Cambridge and Prince Louis of Cambridge \u2014 with little Louis once again stealing the show.<\/a><\/p>\n 4 View gallery <\/p>\n Prince William and his children<\/p>\n (Photo: Stuart C. Wilson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n One social\u2011media royal fan wrote: \u201cLouis\u2019s smile is just like his mom\u2019s,\u201d while another compared his mischief to that of his grandfather, Charles: \u201cHe looks clever, cheeky and playful like him.\u201d A third admirer added: \u201cMy heart melts every time I see those pictures of William, Kate and the kids,\u201d while others praised Kate\u2019s patience with Louis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to a palace insider ahead of Christmas, the heir\u00ad apparent intends to abolish the royal family\u2019s long\u2011standing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-180420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\u05e7\u05d9\u05d9\u05d8](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BJMV9aGzWg_171_0_829_683_0_x-large.jpg\" "\\"Fans")
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