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Prince Louis continues to beryllium the acquisition that keeps connected giving.

Case successful point? For the archetypal clip ever, the 4-year-old joined parents Kate Middleton and Prince William arsenic good arsenic siblings Prince George and Princess Charlotte for the royal family's yearly Christmas walk astatine Sandringham Dec. 25. And, it should travel arsenic nary astonishment that helium stole the show.  

Dressed successful a navy jacket, shorts and genu socks, Louis held his mom's hand as they walked to religion services. And portion the Princess of Wales greeted members of the public, the young royal was photographed trying to tug her along.

Louis wasn't the lone 1 to measurement retired successful style, either. While William and George, 9, looked dapper successful navy suits, Kate and Charlotte, 7, made statements successful olive and cranberry coats, respectively. Throughout the procession—which was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 owed to the pandemic—the household walked down King George III and Queen Consort Camilla as they each headed into St. Mary Magdalene.

This twelvemonth marks the family's archetypal Christmas without Queen Elizabeth II, who died in September astatine property 96. But her beingness is—and volition ever be—felt.

In a pre-recorded address from St. George's Chapel astatine Windsor Castle, where the monarch was laid to rest, King Charles paid tribute to his mother. "Christmas is simply a peculiarly poignant clip for each of america who person mislaid loved ones," helium said. "We consciousness their lack astatine each acquainted crook of the play and retrieve them successful each cherished tradition."

"In the much-loved carol ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem' we sing of however ‘in thy acheronian streets shineth the everlasting light.'" the 74-year-old continued. "My mother's content successful the powerfulness of that airy was an indispensable portion of her religion successful God, but besides her religion successful radical and it is 1 which I stock with my full heart. It is simply a content successful the bonzer quality of each idiosyncratic to touch, with goodness and compassion, the lives of others, and to radiance a airy successful the satellite astir them."