The royal family ‘s annual trip to Sandringham to spend Christmas week together always sounds like such a glamorous affair, but experts are now revealing that the Norfolk house isn’t exactly a five-star situation. It’s more about the bonding experience rather than a luxurious vacation.

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In his speech, which was recorded in Fitzrovia Chapel, a former London hospital chapel, Charles, 76, also spoke of his “deep sense of pride” at how communities responded to the riots following the fatal Southport stabbings of three young girls, by repairing “not just buildings, but relationships”.