Queen Camilla Hosts Kids at Her Home with King Charles to Decorate for Christmas — and Meets a Reindeer!

Queen Camilla gets into the Christmas spirit at Clarence House!

On Wednesday afternoon, the Queen, 76, welcomed children supported by Helen & Douglas House and Roald Dahl’s Marvelous Children’s Charity to help decorate the Christmas tree at her main royal residence, where she lives with King Charles. The festive decorating party is an annual tradition for Queen Camilla, who has been patron of both charities for many years and has since invited families who support both organizations to the event.

Although Buckingham Palace is synonymous with the British royal family, King Charles and Queen Camilla do not actually live there. The couple are at their longtime London home, Clarence House, as the palace undergoes extensive restoration and have shaken past precedent by choosing to sleep at home instead of their bedroom in Parliament the night before their coronation on May 6.

Queen Camilla at the tree decorating event at Clarence House on December 6.

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Queen Camilla was all smiles as she chatted with her guests. In addition to the main task of decorating the tree, the guests were treated to a performance by the band and the Bugles of the Rifles. Queen Camilla has served as regimental commander since July 2020, when she took over the role from Prince Philip.

The Queen had a special surprise up her sleeve — a visit from Santa Claus and his reindeer! The royal smiled for a photo with Father Christmas, who is known in England as Father Christmas, and gently stroked a reindeer festooned with jingle bells.

Queen Camilla at the tree decorating event at Clarence House on December 6.

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When it opened in 1982, Helen House became the first children’s hospice in the world, and Helen & Douglas House today cares for terminally ill children from Oxfordshire and the surrounding counties. The hospice provides medical, emotional and practical support for children to live life to the fullest, and Camilla became a patron in 2007.

Roald Dahl’s Marvelous Children’s Charity has a similar mission, providing specialist nursing and other care for seriously ill children with some of the most complex medical conditions at Buckingham Palace in the UK. care. Today, more than 120 Roald Dahl nurses work with more than 33,000 seriously ill children, and specialist nurses uniquely serve as a lifeline for the entire family by reducing emergency room visits, hospital admissions and coordinating care. As Duchess of Cornwall, Queen Camilla became Patron in 2017.

Queen Camilla at the tree decorating event at Clarence House on December 6.

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It’s already been a busy week for Camilla, who helped organize a diplomatic reception for King Charles at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday night. Prince William and Kate Middleton also attended the event, which welcomes hundreds of members of the diplomatic corps to the palace’s state rooms to celebrate their presence in London. According to the Royal Collection Trust, as many as 1,000 guests attend — even though the King and Queen aren’t the ones sending out the invitations!

“The invitation list is coordinated by the Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps, and invitations are sent to all ambassadors and high commissioners in overseas missions in London, as well as former prime ministers, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York and other public figures,” says the Royal Collection Trust.

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Queen Camilla meets a reindeer at a tree decorating event at Clarence House on December 6.

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The glamorous annual event also calls for the ultimate royal accessory — tiaras! Queen Camilla and Princess Kate (41) wore sprinkles that they have already reached for this year.

Queen Camilla accessorized her white dress with a Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. She made her headdress debut less than two months ago, when she and King Charles visited the Mansion House to take part in the long-standing tradition of marking a new monarch’s first visit to the City of London.

The tiara is closely associated with the late Queen Elizabeth, who wore the accessory numerous times during her 70 years on the throne, including her depictions on some British and Commonwealth banknotes and coins.

Queen Camilla, King Charles, Prince William and Kate Middleton before a diplomatic reception at Buckingham Palace on December 5.

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Meanwhile, Princess Kate resplendent in her main adornment for such occasions: the Queen Mary’s Lover’s Knot tiara. The Princess of Wales had a full royal repeat by pairing the tiara with the same Greville Chandelier earrings and sparkly pink Jenny Packham dress she first wore at the royal wedding of Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan and Princess Rajwa in June.

King Charles, Queen Camilla, Prince William and Princess Kate are likely to reunite in just a few days for Kate’s third annual Christmas carol concert at Westminster Abbey. The gala event will take place on Friday 8 December (the same date that was accidentally leaked on the royal family’s website!) and will later be broadcast on ITV on Christmas Eve, as it has been in previous years.

Kate Middleton at ‘Together at Christmas’ mass at Westminster Abbey in December 2022.

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This year’s concert is linked to Princess Kate’s Shaping Us campaign and organized to “thank all those who work to support babies, young children and families in our communities across the UK and celebrate the golden opportunity of having a new baby,” said Kensington palace.

With the support of the Royal Foundation, Princess Kate led and hosted the first one Royal Songs: Together at Christmas concert in December 2021 to pay tribute to the incredible work of individuals and organizations across the UK who have supported their communities during the COVID pandemic.

Last year’s performance Royal Songs: Together at Christmas paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth after her death in September 2022, with King Charles and Queen Camilla attending for the first time.

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