EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Could this week's royal walk to church mark the end of an era?

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Could this week's royal walk to church mark the end of an era? By EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 18:26 EST, 23 December 2024 | Updated: 18:28 EST, 23 December 2024 e-mail View comments Could this week's royal walk to church mark the end of an era? William and Kate, according to my source, would prefer a more informal Christmas with her family and would like to resume alternating between Sandringham and the Middletons. Camilla beats a hasty retreat to Wiltshire after Christmas to host her own family celebration. Unlike his mother, who enjoyed an extended winter break at her Norfolk estate, the King heads to Birkhall after the Boxing Day shoot.

The Sandringham Christmas tradition isn't set in stone. For the first half of the late Queen's reign, festivities were spent at Windsor. Catherine, Princess of Wales, King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Catherine, Princess of Wales, Prince George of Wales, Prince William, Prince of Wales and Mia Tindall attend the Christmas Morning Service at Sandringham Church on December 25, 2023 The Sandringham Christmas tradition isn't set in stone and this year could mark the end of an era The King is a generous host and expects his house guests to be the same.



Those who enjoy his festive hospitality are expected to liberally tip his staff. Apparently a guideline amount is 'suggested' in the itinerary sent to guests and being short of readies is no longer an excuse for being tight. My source whispers that Charles now has a card reader available to encourage those who might try to slope off without paying their dues.

Axed from the GB News breakfast show – apparently deemed 'too woke' – former Sky presenter Isabel Webster, pictured, inadvertently showed her darker side on the airwaves. Unaware she was still on air with co-host Eamonn Holmes she cheekily quipped: 'I'm a b*tch..

. if only they knew!' Eamonn chuckled: 'If only they knew!' He later awkwardly clarified to viewers: 'Just to say, if you heard parts of a conversation you shouldn't have, we're very sorry for that.' Isabel Webster has been axed from the GB News breakfast show after being deemed 'too woke'.

Pictured: Isabel Webster and Eamonn Holmes Unaware she was still on air with co-host Eamonn Holmes Webster quipped: 'I'm a b*tch...

if only they knew!' How the upper class live (1)...

India Hicks recalls her mother Lady Pamela Hicks, who never learned to cook, making spaghetti. 'Place contents in boiling water, the instructions read. Not imagining it meant removing the spaghetti from the can, she placed the unopened tin in the water and retired to the sitting room,' recalls India.

After a loud bang, they rushed back into the kitchen and there, hanging from the ceiling was the spaghetti. 'Well at least we know it's cooked,' said Prince Philip. India Hicks recalls her mother Lady Pamela Hicks, who never learned to cook.

Pictured: India Hicks with her mother Lady Pamela How the upper class live (2)...

Lady Pamela opened the door of her Oxfordshire home to two US ladies who had been promised a tour of the gardens by her husband David. 'You have just missed him,' she said. 'He died this morning.

But come in and have tea, you've come all the way from London.' Alex Horne, who composed the festive cracker jokes for TV's Taskmaster, is asked his secret. 'You just write something that is really stupid and gets a groan.

A groan is your friend. It's things like, which actor quenches your thirst the most? Leonardo DiCapri Sun.' Keep the day job Alex! Ephraim Hardcastle and his team of gossip elves wish all our readers a happy Christmas and New Year.

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