Cousins Princess Charlotte and Mia Tindall shone as the next generation of helpful royals, lending a hand to the Princess of Wales by taking flowers from her as she greeted crowds.
Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson also joked with crowds after the service at Sandringham,
‘Thank you so much, that’s very sweet of you,’ the Princess of Wales told one well wisher, as she followed the king out.
She then told dozens of royal fans a ‘merry Christmas’,