2 h. ago Kensington Palace teases 'special duet' on piano ahead of Kate's Christmas carol concert

‘Catherine and Charlotte?’ one fan questioned

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2 h. ago What's on TV today? Here are 7 Christmas Eve TV highlights including Home Alone and Two Doors Down

If you’re wondering what’s on TV this Christmas Eve, here are a few highlights.

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4 h. ago Kate Middleton gets surprise nod from King Charles in his 2025 Christmas speech

It has been revealed that King Charles 2025 Christmas message has been recorded at Westminster Abbey this year - and contains a sweet nod to his beloved daughter-in-law, the Princess of Wales

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4 h. ago Christmas Eve swims and an underground mass: photos of the day – Wednesday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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4 h. ago King Charles 'sad' as Princess Beatrice snubs Christmas tradition, says former butler

Princess Beatrice is not expected to be in Sandringham with the rest of the Royal Family for Christmas as she heads to the slopes with her husband and children, according to reports

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5 h. ago Norad Santa tracker live: Follow Santa Claus and his reindeer as they deliver gifts around the globe

Norad is tracking St Nick’s speedy trip around the globe as he delivers presents worldwide

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5 h. ago King Charles 'will be sad' over Princess Beatrice's Christmas decision, ex

Princess Beatrice has chosen to skip Christmas at Sandringham with the Royal Family to go skiing abroad with her husband and children instead, breaking an 'unwritten rule'

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6 h. ago Norad Santa tracker live: Follow Santa Claus and his reindeers as they deliver gifts around the globe

Norad is tracking St Nick’s speedy trip around the globe as he delivers presents worldwide

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7 h. ago Christmas Eve 2025 supermarket closing times: Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Aldi, Lidl and more

Most major supermarkets are closed on Christmas Day

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7 h. ago King Charles makes personal donation to Jewish charity raising funds for victims of Ukraine war

King Charles has made a 'personal donation' to World Jewish Relief, a Jewish charity helping thousands of victims of the war in Ukraine, as well as refugees in the UK.

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7 h. ago NORAD Santa Tracker 2025 live: Father Christmas begins his annual journey around the world

Watch live as Santa Claus begins his annual journey around the world, delivering presents ahead of Christmas Day.

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7 h. ago Met Office Christmas Day 2025 forecast as Scots set for festive frost

Here's what Scots can expect on the big day

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7 h. ago King's Speech 2025: What time is it on Christmas Day, how to watch and what to expect

Each year, the monarch reflects on the year in a poignant televised message to the nation, and this year is no different with King Charles delivering the fourth Christmas message of his reign

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8 h. ago NORAD Santa Tracker 2025: Watch Father Christmas and his reindeers race across world to deliver gifts

LIVEBLOG: Follow Father Christmas and his reindeers as they leave the North Pole to deliver presents to all corners of the globe in the annual NORAD Santa Tracker.

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8 h. ago Kate Middleton teases exciting mystery guest in exciting carol concert surprise

Later tonight, the Princess of Wales's annual Together At Christmas carol concert will be broadcast on ITV - and Kate has dropped a hint about a huge surprise during the show

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9 h. ago Cracker jokes and custard chemistry: ways to smuggle science into Christmas

Researchers share the easy ways to uncover moments of festive discovery, proving you don’t need a lab coat to experiment this ChristmasChristmas may seem like a time for switching off and suspending disbelief but there are plenty of ways to introduce a little science into the celebrations.We asked experts for their top home experiments to challenge friends and family. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago No bickering around the Christmas tree! If your family are trapped by their algorithms, here’s the way out | Dr Kaitlyn Regehr

My research on social media shows high levels of misinformation and disconnect. Here’s how to talk to kith and kin this week without tears and tantrumsDr Kaitlyn Regehr is the programme director of digital humanities at University College LondonDecember: a time of cultural rituals around food, gathering and taking to TikTok to bemoan bigoted relatives. Indeed, this new cultural ritual is now a social media staple that sweeps across our feeds over the festive period. We post about intergenerational debates on politics; stomaching “wokeness” jokes; and the now near-mythical “uncle” character – the older male holding court at the table – exemplified by tweets that go something like: “My uncle just went on a 10-minute rant about [insert topic]. The turkey is dry and so is his take.”In these situations, many of us are torn between the impulse to call out harmful speech and our (or more often, our mother’s) longing for family harmony. These micro-yuletide tensions are played out at dinner...

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11 h. ago King Charles' heartbreaking wish as he spends another Christmas not seeing Archie and Lilibet

King Charles and his estranged son Prince Harry will spend Christmas Day thousands of miles apart, meaning that the monarch will once again not see Archie and Lilibet

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11 h. ago 34 brilliant pictures of six decades of Porthcawl Christmas swim as 2025's dip aims to be biggest yet

The Porthcawl Christmas Swim has raised hundreds of thousands for charity since its inception in 1965

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13 h. ago My weirdest Christmas: I insisted, through gritted teeth, that it would be fun to eat outside

It was 2020, and I hired a gazebo and heaters so we could have a festive feast with my mum in the garden. What could possibly go wrong?We called it “diffmas”, because it was going to be a different kind of Christmas. Our son was five, so we were trying to package it appealingly for him. But we might have done that anyway, given the kind of year we’d had – and by “we” I don’t just mean my family, I mean the world.It was 2020. When the then prime minister, Boris Johnson, had announced, in March, that we “must stay at home”, it left my mum, who had lived on her own since my dad died in 2012, completely alone, like many people, for months on end. Her work had involved travelling all over the country, having meetings, organising events, networking. Then, in lockdown, everything stopped. She was Zooming with the best of them, but it was clearly extremely difficult. Continue reading...

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