Royal Family Comes Together for Christmas at Sandringham (1988)
On Christmas Day 1988, the Royal Family came together for their traditional Christmas service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh were joined by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Prince Charles, Prince of Wales; Princess Anne, Princess Royal; Prince Andrew, Duke of York; and Prince Edward. Also present were Diana, Princess of Wales; Sarah, Duchess of York; Prince Edward, Duke of Kent; Katharine, Duchess of Kent; Angus Ogilvy; Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy, and royal grandchildren Prince William and Zara Phillips.
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Nice to see people are living without cell phones. A Beautiful life we all had then.
@yvonnemaryastill4399
6 ай бұрын
….and life was even better without computers, too! Happy days!
@b.m.t.h.3961
6 ай бұрын
@@yvonnemaryastill4399Your telling me! Life was less complicated!
@purselmer5931
6 ай бұрын
Still don't have a cell, never have.
@user-is6de8pp7k
6 ай бұрын
@@purselmer5931 Awesome 👏
@Luciasantos-by9np
6 ай бұрын
Same here.@@purselmer5931
Seems like the atmosphere was much less formal then with everybody mingling cheerfully. William followed Zara around 😂.
@Wee162
7 ай бұрын
You mean much less formal???
@AroundTheWorldWithEase
7 ай бұрын
@Wee162 I do believe they might have meant much less formal, M. J., but we know what they meant. Personally, I think they seem more formal back then, with the exception of Sarah and Diana.
Zara and William are the same as MIa and Charlotte yesterday, how adorable is that!
Anne looked amazing!
@travelseatsyellowlab
7 ай бұрын
She still does! Very fit, trim, elegant and a style queen.
Little Zara’s teddy bear muff reveals her unique sense of style all the way back then!
After watching this video i absolutely see William character in Louis, i mean their behavior is totally alike😂
Duchess of Kent - absolutely stunning.
@neptunes3279
3 ай бұрын
She always was. An absolutely lovely lady inside and out. Gracious and kind.
The Queen was always the star of the show. People swarmed to bring her flowers even with the Queen Mother, Diana, and Fergie next to her. I like King Charles but it is still a bit odd to accept that Elizabeth II no longer runs the monarchy.
Everyone in the Royal Family looked so lovely and happy in the 1980s!!
@XmalD73
7 ай бұрын
Lovely, and happy on the surface! Discontent was rumbling between Diana and Charles, Sarah and Andrew, Anne and Mark. We just didn't know!
@frannieo6128
7 ай бұрын
Smoke and Mirrors!
@snowwhite2709
7 ай бұрын
Diana and Charles had no interaction at all, didn't even walk together.
@user-is6de8pp7k
6 ай бұрын
Where is Harry?
The duchess of Kent seems like such a sweet and warm person
@liannekraaijenbrink5543
7 ай бұрын
Diana liked her
@pollyanna1112
7 ай бұрын
I think her name is Princess Michael of Kent rather than Duchess. Then again there is two "of Kents" so it's hard to know 😂
@misscoutts6193
7 ай бұрын
Katharine Worsley, Duchess of Kent.
Diana emanating that elegance and beauty as she always do it. I really wish, she was still here with us.
@Love2garden
7 ай бұрын
She would maybe have been the glue needed. 😢
@richierich7229
7 ай бұрын
@@Love2gardenNonsense. You can't convince someone like Harry that he is wrong. But I agreed that he won't have been so disordered if Diana was life. Or at least he won't have an excuse for his behavior.
@pollyanna1112
7 ай бұрын
I disagree. Diana didn't look anything spectacular. I felt Sarah, Duchess of York looked better than Diana. And Princess Anne and Princess Michael of Kent was stunning. She stood out as the elegant one of all of them.
@marbuc6375
7 ай бұрын
@@pollyanna1112 👍 Agree
@dgantzman
7 ай бұрын
@@pollyanna1112You’re just being a hater. All the women dressed elegantly and looked spectacular in their own way.
Amazing how families grow and times change. The Royal Family is no exception in this. Fascinating film footage, and not so long ago!
@user-xj9nk2rr4z
7 ай бұрын
Оказывается , руки в карманы - это от Филиппа🙂
@daCubanaqt
7 ай бұрын
Why would the RF be an exception? They are human! And this video is 35 years old now! Life changes for all of in that amount of time.
@missJolie85
7 ай бұрын
@@daCubanaqt Thanks for the clarification Einstein, you must be the type to start arguing with even a rock.
@etch-a-sketch
7 ай бұрын
@@daCubanaqt I didn‘t say the were!
@travelseatsyellowlab
7 ай бұрын
This was a really long time ago. Two generations have died since then, while the third generation is now elderly with grandchildren of their own.
*It's like watching a home movie...LOVE it...thank you!*
william was always so close with zara tindal since young
@sandyfeet9502
7 ай бұрын
They are only a year apart and have always been very close. And today it was lovely to see Mia and Charlotte together, they are also a year apart in age.
That police woman is so lovely with the children 🥰
So nice to see those good old days when they were ALL there & together 🙏❤
William was so funny 😂
Notice that Charles, Anne and Edward all walked together without Andrew. Not much is different today.
The Queen, Queen Mother, Princesses Margaret and Diana - all gone, so sad.
How wonderful to see Diana and Fergie together.
@JoanMorrison-vq2jc
3 ай бұрын
@flashflame4952 .... but Diana did Sarah in. Sarah thought It was Diana who tipped off the photographers when Sarah was with her Texan boyfriend. Diana had no conscience. Sad... Sarah should not have done this to begin with but it brought on much more scandals and heartaches. With friends like Diana who needs enemies 😞😞😞?
@user-qz1fy7kx1n
2 ай бұрын
Absolutely!!
I actually love this, even though I’m not that into the Royals, the kids were so sweet!
Zara and William together at Christmas services mirror Luis and Mia this Christmas so sweet
Four generations here, the great grandmother, grandparents, grandaunts, granduncles, parents, first cousins, second cousins. And now the fourth generations have their own children and are about the same age (or older) as their parents were.
Queen Mother 88 years old and higher hills walking amassing..no hand or walking stick for support.
Beautiful Princess Diana ❤️🙏
Gosh brings one goosebumps to see then and how things turned out all those who slowly where not going to be around to the latest The Queen the end of an era. The break up of a family that is certainly the saddest thing and on such days especially with what is going on in the world the only thing left is family.
@soavemusica
6 ай бұрын
The Royal Family and the Church of Henry VIII could become free. JOHN 8: 31 "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
Anne still wears that coat to this day lol
Princess Diana always poised.
@misscoutts6193
7 ай бұрын
Gawky.
@JoanMorrison-vq2jc
3 ай бұрын
@@misscoutts6193 Diana was very horsey looking.
Amazing to compare to the 2023 video! Zara and William are all grown up and their own kids playing, I love it. And what a visual now, seeing the distance between Charles and Diana. They steered pretty clear of each other for most of this video.
@user-xj9nk2rr4z
7 ай бұрын
И подальше от своего ребенка🤔 сейчас Уильям всегда рядом со своими детьми💕
Goshhh! Sir Tim was standing there next to Mark Phillips and no one knew he would replace Mark one day 🤣
@rachelsteiner5466
7 ай бұрын
I caught that!
@rosean374
7 ай бұрын
Whaaaat!
@sharonozvenom
7 ай бұрын
Excellent spotting there 👍👍👍👍
@chuckwilson6791
7 ай бұрын
Sir Tim’s letters to Princess Anne surfaced just a few months later in April ’89. And now we know the rest of the story.
@sharonozvenom
7 ай бұрын
@@chuckwilson6791 Sir Tim has been a much better husband to Anne than that cad Mark Phillips .
It was always a joy to see the Queen and her family on Christmas Day🎄That’s why I love videos like this one! Thank you itn, hopefully there will be more Royal videos to come over the festive period and in 2024! Merry Christmas and a happy new year! 🎄😊☃️🎉🥳
@misscoutts6193
6 ай бұрын
Notice how the faces have changed over time.
So Nice Seeing Princess Diana & Young William & The Queen Mother😊❤
Lovely to see this vintage video of our lovely royal family🥰🎄
The calm before the storm.
So so special moments!
This was the year after I graduated high school. 10 points to anyone who can name everyone there!
Princess Anne hit like 40 and then never aged after that
Tempi passati nessuna nostalgia ....! interessantissimo e meno noioso è il momento storico chei viviamo adesso nel quale tutti potremmmo essere protagonisti impegnandoci e facendo scelte oculate. Auguri a tutti i Reali del mondo... una prece per chi non c'è più. Di quei tempi come è giusto che sia rimarranno solo i bellissimi abiti indossati dai protagonisti di allora che oggi però sono vuoti.❤
Diana looks isolated, omg prince george now looks just like his daddy. Sooo Crazy
Princess Anne is gorgeous!
@fairyprincess911
7 ай бұрын
Yes!
@mallikabalu2032
7 ай бұрын
She is a beautiful woman. I have always admired the Princess Royal.
@pollyanna1112
7 ай бұрын
Yes she stood out as much more attractive actually than Diana who normally everyone raves on about. It's nice that most folk have noticed Anne and Princess Michael of Kent in the bright blue. Sarah looked wonderful.
@eloisanodari9729
7 ай бұрын
Beautiful to this day
Back when this was filmed the Royal Family was more formal and rigid with the public than they are today. I'm sure there are good and bad points to this. Today they seem more relatable, approachable, and open to the public. More noticeable today as then is with the present-day Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Edward), he still is somewhat reserved or somewhat standoffish.
Princess Alexandra is just stunning. A true beauty 🤩 !
@user-ny3on8vh1v
3 күн бұрын
Which one is Princess Alexandra?
How elegantly they were all dressed.
@misscoutts6193
6 ай бұрын
They all have dressers they don't even get their own clothes out of the wardrobe.
Wonderful to see these events.
And notice how they all interact cordially with each other and none of Queen Elizabeth ' s children were divorced then, but there were signs of coldness between Diana and Charles.
@wickedartbychloe4784
6 ай бұрын
DIANA SPENCER WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HEWITT AT THIS POINT
More princess Anne please
How exciting the families who pray together stay together Except the divorced ones And the dead ones!
Princess Diana knew her position, she step aside and stay low key, let the Queen be the main person here.
Thank you for the video. It was beautiful to see the Queen and her family in 1988. The comparison of this video with today's video tells a different story. Today and every video that I see has the Prince and Princess of Wales always walking together with their children looking like they enjoy each other's company. In this video, Diana and Charles don't ever interact, she going one way and he lagging behind, with William walking with whomever. Kinda sad.
@ivonaivona668
7 ай бұрын
I don't find it sad at all. Just different styles.
@pollyanna1112
7 ай бұрын
William was mingling with his cousin Zara, having a lot of fun. Peter was quite tall for a young guy then. I noticed Harry wasn't there, he must have been too young to sit still that long throughout the Service. It looked like William was possibly 8 which means Harry was about 6. Diana didn't seem to be interested in talking to any one actually, with only a bit of chatting with Sarah. I was surprised that none of them went walking afterwards, like they do now, to greet everyone. At least there was a lot of kisses and hugs. I noticed that everyone that approached the Queen Mom, (Queen Elizabeth II's mother) all did a bow of the head and kissed the top of her hand. She put her hand up and out for each person, even the kids. I've never seen the actual Queen (as in Q. Elizabeth II) do that
@user-xj9nk2rr4z
7 ай бұрын
@@pollyanna1112королева- мама такая трогательная😇
@QuelquefoisFois
7 ай бұрын
William was 6.
@winall9
6 ай бұрын
If Charles behaved like William does with his wife there would not have been a divorce
Couldn’t help noticing how unhappy Princess Margaret looked.
@ladawell3470
7 ай бұрын
Sure Margaret was looks very unhappy.
@travelseatsyellowlab
7 ай бұрын
I feel bad for her that her mom would survive her a few years later.
Oh I did enjoy this immensely.
Thank you.
Princess Zara looks so sweet with her Pooh bear 🫶.. nice film of the Royals.
William had such an independent confident streak and see the 3 older but can not walk alone .The difference Diana was a lioness she gave birth to a lion.
Love to know what Diana and fergie were saying to each other
@wickedartbychloe4784
6 ай бұрын
Probably bad mouthing the Royals and scheming
Diana was very stylish none of family looked better then her
@Anna_Key
6 ай бұрын
The Duchess of Kent usually did. Princess Margaret usually did.
@JoanMorrison-vq2jc
2 ай бұрын
Diana always looked horsey and gawky. There was nothing feminine about Diana. Sad.
You wouldn't have police officers holding kids like that now
Such nostalgia
Lovely footage ☺️ although I do laugh a bit at the '80's colors.
@marangelasp7462
6 ай бұрын
The 80s colrs not much different than today's colors. Actually, yhey seemed prettier than today
Seeing William & Zara together, no wonder the Wales & the Tindells are all such good friends now.
Did you notice how Diana totally ignored her husband?
@Takecareofyourbusiness
7 ай бұрын
And?? Glad about this,because he ignored her during his whole marriage
@janettamcgee8124
7 ай бұрын
It was mutual.
@Sandra-Gibora
7 ай бұрын
When someone passes who is so well loved, especially when it happens in such a horrible dramatic way, we tend to make saints out of them. In our personal lives and also when it comes to public figures. I think it’s important to understand no human being is perfect and they don’t have to be. They can be imperfect and we can still love them. But in this case I feel it is time to stop the blame game. It’s not helping anybody. And in the case of public figures, we think we know them because we’ve seen them. But we don’t really know them and we do not know the two dynamics of their relationships. This is why I made this comment.
@richierich7229
7 ай бұрын
@@TakecareofyourbusinessYou have no idea what you are talking about. The first five years of their marriage was happy. Diana said so herself. The marriage broke down in 1985. And they both started seeing other people in 1986, so they were only married on paper at this point. Hence they were ignoring each other.
@richierich7229
7 ай бұрын
@@Sandra-GiboraWell said. Sandra.
Princess Anne still beautiful ..
The crowd was much smaller then.
4:03 Anne's then husband and behind, husband to be... Interesting 🤔
I remember those things that Zara has around her neck. I had one but I can't remember what they're called. Diana is totally ignoring Charles but we all know how that went. The ladies all have their English hats on like they should. Princess Anne is probably going to walk over & tell everyone that the flowers are ridiculous. The Queen Mother looks a little "tipsy" but it's Christmas & she loved her gin. The Queen is making sure her family is doing everything their supposed to be doing & may that lady rest in peace. Merry Christmas UK. -🇺🇸
@idreamtiwasbackatmanderley414
7 ай бұрын
A muff?
@marangelasp7462
6 ай бұрын
The queen mother not tipsy. She was 88 years old. Think again!!!!! she had already mobility problems.
William and Zara 💖
diana super
Prince Edward reminds me of the lovely actor, Tony Smee.
That was a long time ago when my parents were kid's at the time
❤
Princess Ann looks the same!
@marangelasp7462
6 ай бұрын
Humm! I would say a lot older.
Ptincess Anne looks beautiful.
18/6/2024❤💫👑🌹DIANA ⭐
Anne and Mark marriage was over by this point. He'd already fathered another child! Anne had had an affair with her bodyguard and her second husband is in there! Diana had already had 2 affairs by this point and was on her 3rd with James Hewit. Charles was back with Camilla. Hardly a great family scene. Lil.
@travelseatsyellowlab
7 ай бұрын
Appearances are all that matters to this family.
@marangelasp7462
6 ай бұрын
@@travelseatsyellowlabHey! They are just like many other families. So, they are actually just like many of us. They are real.
@marangelasp7462
6 ай бұрын
Hey! They are just like many other families. So, they are actually just like many of us. They are real.
Dajo tisi zlato koje ce najduze da sija i nema ti zamjene ❤️❤️❤️🤴🤴🤴🥀🥀🥀
Да! Людям нужны иллюзии и легенды , что бы одеть розовые очки и не видеть реальность! А реальность совершенно иная чем на этих театральных представлениях так называемой королевской жизни ! Люди , хотят видеть то что сами себе придумали !
I’m also guessing how nice a time it must have also been once they all settled in, away from the cameras and onlookers.
Miss you Diana....The only real Queen!
@richierich7229
7 ай бұрын
Queen of queens, maybe.
The effortless way she wore clothes/fashion ...
Diana and Fergie
I thought Sarah Ferguson looked more glam & stylish then. A lovely figure too, yet most of the media would fawn over the stick thin gawky Diana.
@kikitcat5
6 ай бұрын
Why put one down to raise the other?
@nutcracker2916
6 ай бұрын
@@kikitcat5 Because Diana got her share of plaudits. And the tabloids should have promoted an healthier looking figure , to set an example to us. ( at the time) Young schoolgirls who would skip meals or worse to be Diana stick thin. In hindsight we should have aspired to Sarah's healthier looking size.
@marangelasp7462
6 ай бұрын
You sure are a nut, hater
@Anna_Key
6 ай бұрын
Sarah really did look fab here. Very stylish outfit too. It must have been very hard on her always being compared to Diana.
@nutcracker2916
6 ай бұрын
@@Anna_Key Yes. And sadly the unpleasant tabloids ( even female journalists) Started to use captions like "The Dutchess of pork" No wonder at the time some young women / girls would half starve themselves , for fear of becoming "overweiight"
Look at 11.17 he probably said to queen WHY SHALL WE F OFF THAN LOL 😮😅
❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊🇬🇧♥️🇦🇿🥰💯 Dünyasını dəyişənlər Allah rəhmət eləsin Amin 🇦🇿♥️🇬🇧🤲 25.12.2023
“Committed Anglican” Charles is already chipping away with his “modernization.”
Diana was the wife of a king and mother of the future king and she was perfect in the role, she eclipsed them all including the queen and everyone was aware of it
@GadsdenHomie1776
7 ай бұрын
I think they wanted her to. It made it a lot easier on the entire family. Somebody has to be the star & Diana was perfect for the role. That's probably why they chose her.
@richierich7229
7 ай бұрын
Diana was never the wife of a king.
@chrystal45
7 ай бұрын
Fergie was pretty popular at the time, and people thought she was more natural. I think she looks cute here.
@pollyanna1112
7 ай бұрын
No Diana was NOT perfect for the role as the wife of the future King because she chose to make it all about herself. She wanted the attention, craved the attention, much like Meghan actually. The main difference is Diana cid actually care and respect the Monarchy and worked. Out of all of the women that married into the family, the only ones who do far, would have been (and or are) suited to being a wife to a future King is - Sophie. Catherine. Camilla - because all three women believe in Service and do not try to make it about themselves. They don't compete for attention from the public at the expense of their husbands. They have mutual respect for their husbands.
@royaltypr1
7 ай бұрын
Diana didn't want a divorce at all, she would have gone to the end, she warned the royal house in 1992 but she would have gone to the end, how would you feel if you were a beautiful, most famous woman in the world betrayed? She had a lot of monarchical sense but Carlo Camilla had this relationship destroyed, don't you think that the duty of a king is to respect his wife?@@pollyanna1112
5:52 What’s on the papers the policemen are handing out? Perhaps an Order of Service as it seems to be broadcast outside?
@misscoutts6193
7 ай бұрын
Carol sheet.
@spiritmatter1553
6 ай бұрын
@@misscoutts6193 Ah, thank you!
They looked happy ? Were they??
Suprises all round
I am pretty sure I saw John Bryant there...in an unofficial capacity and Anne with first husband...more relaxed and fun though
@krishnavyas313
Ай бұрын
Look at 4:03 Anne's 1st husband mark with her 2nd husband Tim.
Where is Margret? I see Vicount Lynley
@astra-rb6sz
7 ай бұрын
She got out ofthe car with queen and queen mother
@samanthab1923
7 ай бұрын
@@astra-rb6sz Thanks
Camera man not good. Young handsome then
Charles kept checking his watch, we all know that he’s thinking about his “love of his life”. What a tool.
Where is harry?
@kristinazubic9669
7 ай бұрын
Too young, as was Beatrice.
The peasants look so happy.
@marangelasp7462
6 ай бұрын
.... and you are one of them
A 12:37 lady Diana bacia il principe William sulla testa 🥰 La bimba col nastro rosso è Zara, giusto? Non so chi è la signora col cappotto e cappello azzurro
@Anna_Key
6 ай бұрын
At 2:10 the lady in the blue is Katherine, Duchess of Kent.
@dianashaw7581
5 ай бұрын
@@Anna_Keynot in 1988
Sara was even more beautiful then Diana at that time, don't know why people was cruel to Sara..glad now she is back.
@c.c.6930
7 ай бұрын
S. never had class.
@kikitcat5
6 ай бұрын
Why is it always a competition?
Нахлебники на шее простого народа рождаются в геометрической прогрессии! Самое смешное: голодный народ - в долгах и кредитах - и дальше готов их кормить и обожествлять! Какие смешные люди! Стокгольмский синдром у них, что ли?
I couldn't see Harry what was he wearing?
@Luciasantos-by9np
6 ай бұрын
Too young to be in the church.
Strange how everyone seems to be milling around. 🤔
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