And this is because every year the royals exchange gifts a day earlier, on Christmas Eve, which is a festive tradition from parts of mainland Europe including Germany. Royal commentator Richard ...

Members of the British royal family exchange gifts every Dec. 24 — not on Christmas morning as many families do. As Prince Harry put it in his 2023 memoir, Spare, doing so is “a German ...

Known as Heiligabend Bescherung – which translates to 'Christmas Eve gifts' – the tradition was introduced to the Royal Family by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, who was German. Chris ...

The brilliant story was revealed by former royal butler, Paul Burrell. While the late Queen and the Royal Family are known to buy ... to the German practice of opening their gifts on Christmas ...

Unlike most families across the UK, the Royal Family traditionally exchange Christmas gifts on Christmas Eve - an ode to their German heritage - whilst they're in Sandringham.