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British royals, they’re just like us. That’s the kind of message Prince William and Kate Middleton are expected to send this Christmas. The Prince and Princess of Wales, both 42, are reportedly going to emphasize their “middle class” celebrations. Think: movie marathons and post-meal naps. But Christmas won’t go by without some very royal festivities either.  

Prince William and Kate Middleton’s ‘middle class’ Christmas

According to The Daily Beast, William and Kate have plans to drive home just how “normal” Christmas is for them. One insider told the outlet the public can expect “more messaging this year… of a ‘middle class flavor.’” As in “emphasizing eating chocolate, movie marathons, and generally sliding off the couch in a tryptophan haze like everyone else.” 

Like the coronation and Kate’s video about completing cancer treatment, Christmas will include a glimpse of the Wales family’s private life. 

“A little social media of the family eating chocolate and watching TV would be a very effective way of showing how normal Christmas is at Anmer Hall compared to what we hear about at Sandringham,” a former courtier said. 

Christmas still means royal activities for William and Kate

Just because they’re expected to highlight the “middle class” elements of their Christmas festivities doesn’t mean everything William and Kate do during the holiday season will be relatable. There will also be some very royal events on their agenda. 

They and their three children—Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6—are expected to join fellow British royals for their annual walk to church on Christmas morning. William and Kate are also reportedly throwing a Christmas party at Anmer Hall, their sprawling home located on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England.

William is also said to be hosting the royal family’s annual Boxing Day hunt on Dec. 26, 2024, taking over as the hunt’s leader from his dad, King Charles III. In the weeks leading up to Christmas, there’s also Kate’s Christmas carol concert at Westminster Abbey. The annual event, which is recorded and broadcast on Christmas Eve in the U.K., usually brings the entire Wales family out for the evening. 

William and Kate are already making moves to seem more relatable 

Emphasizing how “normal” Christmas is for them won’t be the first time William and Kate have taken steps to seem more relatable. It’s a major part of their brand—doing school pick-up and drop-off, fangirling over Taylor Swift, etc.—and they’ve continued it this year through social media posts. 

Namely, whenever the future king and queen sign off personal posts with their first initial, “W” or “C.” Former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond called it a move away from Buckingham Palace’s “stuffy” way of doing things. 

“This is such an effective and modern way of using her influence and staying in touch, even when she is not making personal appearances,” Bond told OK! magazine of Kate (via The Sun). Buckingham Palace’s traditional communication “now seem quite stuffy and extremely formal by comparison.” 

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