King Charles' Christmas: Who's in and who's out this year?
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Christmas 2024 is set to be a Christmas like no other for the Royal Family, says royal commentator Afua Hagan. King Charles III has initiated the most important and significant transformation of royal Christmas celebrations in decades.
This Christmas, as the monarch reflects a significant shift from centuries-old traditions due to personal health challenges and changing family dynamics, the Royal Family's Christmas celebrations will look remarkably different. King Charles plans to reshape the festive season with relaxed protocols and a completely new guest list.
Sandringham Estate is preparing to welcome 45 family members this Christmas, Prince William said during a recent visit with soldiers in Bulford, Wiltshire.
“We’ll be in Norfolk, at Sandringham,” he revealed during the outing, via People. “We'll be 45 for Christmas. It won't be quiet, it will be noisy.”
The 20,000-acre Grade II listed home now features enhanced security measures. This gathering will be one of the largest Royal Family reunions in recent memory and the estate's staff now manages a complex operation to host a gathering of this size.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in the German parliament on Monday, putting the European Union's most populous member and biggest economy on course to hold an early election in February.
Israel said Sunday it will close its embassy in Ireland as relations deteriorated over the war in Gaza, where Palestinian medical officials said new Israeli airstrikes killed over 30 people including several children.
Planned face-to-face peace talks between Congo and Rwanda have been unexpectedly canceled, the Congolese president said.
The commander of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk group of forces has been replaced following Russian advances in the region, a military official said Saturday.
South Korea's parliament on Saturday impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his stunning and short-lived martial law decree, a move that ended days of political paralysis but set up an intense debate over Yoon's fate, as jubilant crowds roared to celebrate another defiant moment in the country's resilient democracy.
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump wants to turn the lights out on daylight saving time.
The leader of UnitedHealth Group conceded that the patchwork U.S. health system 'does not work as well as it should' but said Friday that the insurance executive gunned down on a Manhattan sidewalk cared about customers and was working to make it better.
FBI Director Christopher Wray told bureau workers Wednesday he plans to resign at the end of U.S. President Joe Biden's term in January, an announcement that came a week and a half after President-elect Donald Trump said he would nominate loyalist Kash Patel for the job.
Fingerprints found at the scene of the assassination of UnitedHealthcare's CEO match those of suspect Luigi Mangione, two enforcement officials briefed on the matter told CNN on Wednesday, as authorities continue to investigate the motive for the killing.
Evacuation orders and warnings have gone out to 20,000 Southern California residents Tuesday as firefighters battled a wind-driven wildfire in Malibu that burned near celebrities' seaside mansions, horse farms and Pepperdine University, the sheriff's department said.
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