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Shortly before Christmas, Vic- toria also presented a small gift to, each member at her staff. Members would mifer a drawing order of venkulty, bow or/curtsy according to their sex, and receive it from the Qusen berwolf.

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Elizabeth has continued custom But nowadays all tho members of the Royal Househoki are asked what presents they would like. The Queen spends 22 to RS on each.

As-In Victoria's day, the staff are also gives a splendid Christ- mas dinner. In addition they are allowed to hold their own Christ- mas parties at the various royal realdences.

King George

VI introduced

this most democratie custom. The parties, which extend until two

o'clock in the morning, ganised and

flanced

are or

by the

starte And the Royal Family altend a guesta.

The Royal Household Christ- mas parties have 4 rafry-le atmosphere, for they really pre- vlae an opportunity for the post- man to dance with the Princess, the chamber mard with the Prince, and the page with the Queen.

Since the days of King Ed ward VII and Queen Alex inazar the royal Christmas Dis bren celebrated each year al Sand- ringham, a rather ugly unpre lentinus menor house in No: folk. Here, in a house surrounded by wooded grounds, the family an able to enjoy complete pelvori.

Only during the war years from 1040-44, did the Royal Family

spend Christmas a Windsor. Then Queen Victor would have been astonished by the informal and festive otme- sphere which prevailed her traditional Christmas residence. In those years, Princess Eliza- beth and Margaret helped ແດ write, stage and produce their own pantomime each year. They also played leading parts, acting alongside members of the staff.

The Arst royal show was

in

1040 when the two princesses sang in a nativity play. The fol- lowing year they presented their

pantomime, Arst

Cinderella.

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER

Christmas dinner at Windsor a hundred years aga was planned with, the precision of a military operation. Hore, in a contemporary print, is the scono in the Royal kitchen at Windsor Castle as H-hour approaches.

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1868; in the evening the Orpheus Glee Union sung a few pereti- odes and corola, And on Nex Year's Day professional__com- pany, headed

by Sims Reeves and Clara Novello, presented a play at Windsor.

in

But if Queen Victoria's Christ- TORS-WOS

And more formul Telsully, thinn Queon Elzareth's, it was essentially the same spirit. For Victorla set the pat- tern for royal Christmases. She was the first great sovereign gather her family around Christmas tree and the first 10 send Christmas cards.

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Vic- und

for

On December 20, 1858. toria, the Prince Consort their children left by train Windsor from Osborne, their e- sidence in the Isle of Wight, Today only the route has changed, the Queen, Prince Philip and the children leaving n family affair and a holiday de- vated chiefly to the children. In 1898, Victoria had seven of her nine children at Windsor. Now. at Sandringham, Princess Anne and Prince Charles are joined by train for Sandringham from King's Cross, London, three or four days before Christmas.

of

the

For more than a century the Elizabeth was Prince Charming; royal Christmas has been largely Margaret was Cinderella; and by the two young song of Cyril Woods, the office bay to Duke and Duchess of Glouce- the Castle's Supply Department, ster and young Prince Michael was the principal ecmedian. The of Kent, script was Überally sprinkled Although Rome

the with jokes about the Royal children's Christmas toys havo Family and members 이 the changed almost beyond recogni- Royal Household,

tion in the past century, the chief Many friends were invited to recreations of the Royal Family Windsor to see the pantomimes are basically the same. presented in the historic Water- loo Chamber. A stage was erect- od, programmes were printed. foodlights and spotlights Installed. And each year after the show Princess Elizabeth gavə

a tea party for the cast.

were

Victoria bad a great love of the stage. But she would most certainly have been surpised to see two princesses dancing and singing such numbers as "Sur Ic Pont d'Avignon." "Swinging on a Star,” and “11's Foolish, but it's Fun." In her day the Christmas entertainment at Windsor was starchier.

As today, the chief recreation

mnd for Queen Victoria

hor children during the Christmas holidays, was riding, while the men spent most days shooting game.

But the programme on Christ- mas Day hus changed consider ubly. In 1856, the Royal Family attended divine service

in the private chapel at Windsor in the morning, and the Queen enter- tained a few friends to dinner. the For the rest of the day,

At a Victorian Christmas, 2 Guards band would always play classical music during dinner, children played with their toys, and afterwords the Queen's while the adults rested in the private band played for the drawing rooms, talking and Royal Family and their guests as listening to classical music. they rested in. the drawing rooms. It was all very refined; the most popular items were by Beolhoven, Weber, Mendelsson and Rossini

The entertainment was slightly more festive on Christmas Day,

Today the Royal Family have a much more energetic Christmas Day. As in most homes, it be- gins with the excitement of the children opening presents before break last. Then they give pre- sents to the adults; the Duchess

Bell & Howell

of

Princess

Gloucester and Alexandra of Kent have extra presents since this is also their birthday

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Queen and Prince Philip, with the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret, go to the Parish church fur Holy Communion, and later all the family attend morning

THE

service at Sandringham Church. Dinner is nervod et about 1.15 pm, and efterwards the family gather around a kinzing log fire in the drawing room-to watch the Queen's broadcast 'pn televiators.

The royal Christinan Day broadcast was first måde to King George V in 1932 and was iclo- vised last year for the first time. Today the Queen's message heard by more than 150 million people in almost every part of the Commonwealth.

The broadcast lasts only about seven minutes, but it keepa terms of radio and television techni clans busy for several days Lines are laid from Sandring- ham to the local icchange BÊ King's Lynn; the Long Library, originally built by King Edward VII as an American bowling alloy, is converted into a teles vision studle; thirty-five techni- clans, working on the television broadcast, have to have their Christmas dinner cold in a re- creation room adjoining Sand- ringham House.

Only after her broadenst at three o'clock can Queen Elizabeth begin to relax on Christmas Day with her children, And even then she has not completed her programme. For In the evening she ends Christmas Day by at- tending carol service at nearby West Newton Church,

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