After Princess Charlotte took selfies with fans during the royals’ annual Christmas Day outing, Prince William gently encouraged her to keep up with the rest of the family.
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Princess Charlotte was determined to make a few wishes come true this Christmas.
Realizing all those gathered outside St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk wanted was a picture with her, the 10-year-old stopped to snap a few selfies after her family’s annual holiday service.
Meanwhile her dad Prince William wasn’t asking for much this Christmas, except for his little girl to catch up with the rest of the family.
“Charlotte,” he called to his daughter in the Hello! Magazine social media video shared Dec. 25, to which she responded politely, “I’m coming.”
Before Charlotte rejoined the rest of the fam—including mom Kate Middleton and brothers Prince George,12, and Prince Louis, 7—well-wishers were thrilled to take a selfie with the young royal.
“Can we have a photo with you,” a woman asked in a fan-shared TikTok video Dec. 25, to which William and Kate’s daughter replied, “Yes.”
Wanting to stay in line with the royal rules, the fan continued, “Are you able to take it or are you not allowed?”
But it seems the snap was well within protocol, as the video then cut to the selfie.
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For the occasion, Charlotte wore a camel-colored coat paired with black tights, flats, and a matching hairbow. And her stylish look fit right in with the rest of the family’s holiday get-up as Kate sported a chic plaid trench coat with a statement headpiece and William donned a black suit with a matching overcoat to twin with his two sons.
The family was also joined by King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Princess Eugenie, and more.
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Princess Charlotte’s response to dad Prince William as he calls her away from the crowds
The Prince and Princess of Wales’s daughter, ten, spent a long time chatting with well-wishers outside the church in Sandringham on Christmas Day
Danielle StaceyOnline Royal Correspondent – London
21 hours agoDec 26, 2025, 10:38 AM GMT
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Princess Charlotte delighted well-wishers as she stopped to greet them after the Christmas Day church service in Sandringham.
The Prince and Princess of Wales and their three children, Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, ten, and Prince Louis, seven, were among the royals to join the King and Queen in Norfolk for the annual tradition.
Sources told HELLO! that Charlotte happily smiled and posed for selfies with the crowds who had gathered to celebrate Christmas Day with the royals. “She is such a little star,” they said.
During one moment captured on camera, Prince William, 43, was heard gently calling his daughter as she lagged behind slightly to chat to the crowds.
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“Charlotte,” he was heard saying, as the youngster smiled for photographs with members of the public.
“I’m coming,” she replied, before catching up to her family. Watch above.
Charlotte, who has joined her parents at a number of high-profile engagements over the years, including Trooping the Colour, VE Day and Wimbledon, displays similar traits to her mother, the Princess of Wales.
Kate has herself admitted in the past that she spends too long chatting to the people she meets. Kate has even been known to stay later at some of her royal engagements.
In the Queen at Ninety documentary, released in 2016, the Princess confessed: “I think there is a real art to walkabouts. Everyone teases me in the family that I spend far too long chatting, so I think I’ve still got to learn a little bit more and pick up a few more tips I suppose.”
And last year on Christmas Day, the Princess ended up being separated from her family as she took the time to speak with well-wishers who had gathered outside the church.
Kate quipped: “I think I’ve lost my family.”
Royal duet
Princess Charlotte joined her mother for a special piano duet, which was shown during the broadcast of the Princess of Wales’s Christmas carol service on Christmas Eve.
Mother and daughter sat together at the instrument to play a piece they know well by Scottish composer Erland Cooper called ‘Holm Sound’. Kate played using only her left hand, while Charlotte played with just her right in Windsor Castle’s Inner Hall.
Speaking about the performance, Erland said: “I actually wrote it for my mum, and it’s a piece that’s actually about motherhood, so there’s this lovely sort of bit of serendipity there.
“Little Charlotte’s taking the melody, a bit like bird songs, she’s sort of floating the melody and giving it a lilt, and the arpeggio on the chords are played by the princess as well – so a pair of princesses playing the piano.”
