Royal Christmas is usually spent surrounded by family on one of the royal estates. But this isn’t only true of the British royals, as the plans revealed this week by the Danish Royal Family proves.

On Tuesday, the Danish Royal Court confirmed plans for Queen Margrethe to spend Christmas at Marselisborg Palace in Aarhus.

The 79-year-old Queen has enjoyed Christmas and other important holidays at Marselisborg since her ascension in 1972, and this year will be no different.

She will stay at the palace from December 20, celebrating the holidays with her heir Crown Prince Frederik and his wife Crown Princess Mary, as well as her younger son Prince Joachim and his wife Princess Marie.

All the children will be there, making this a fun festive Christmas indeed.

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Frederik and Mary have four children – Prince Christian, 14, Princess Isabella, 12, and twins Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine, both eight.

Joachim and Marie have a ten-year-old son, Prince Henrik and seven-year-old daughter, Princess Athena.

Joachim also has two sons from his previous marriage with Countess Alexandra of Frederiksborg, Prince Nikolai, 20, and Prince Felix, 17.

The older sons will spend Christmas with their mother, Alexandra Countess of Frederiksborg.

And what about the British royals?

No official statement has been made about the British Royal Family Christmas this year, but it is widely expected to be held at Sandringham House in Norfolk as usual.

Plenty of family members surround the Queen at this time of year, with grandchildren and great-grandchildren present.

Traditions enjoyed around Christmas time will be very familiar to many families.

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The royals decorate the Christmas tree, and exchange gifts on Christmas Eve.

On Christmas morning, the Queen and other family members attend the church service at St Mary Magdalene.

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh send around 750 Christmas Cards each year, signed ‘Elizabeth R’ and ‘Philip’.

They also give gifts to all members of the royal household.

One blip in the Christmas plans came as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced they wouldn’t spend Christmas at Sandringham this year.

While the decision itself isn’t too drastic and is done by the married members of the family, it is poignant as the Duke and Duchess recently revealed their struggles with royal life.

Instead, Meghan, Harry and their baby Archie, will spend Christmas with Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, in California.

The Queen gave her approval to the couple’s decision to spend this Christmas elsewhere.

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