{"id":139307,"date":"2024-12-19T17:54:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T17:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/19\/royal-christmas-card-from-william-kate-unveiled\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T17:54:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T17:54:53","slug":"royal-christmas-card-from-william-kate-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/19\/royal-christmas-card-from-william-kate-unveiled\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Christmas Card from William &#038; Kate Unveiled!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kate and William have revealed this year\u2019s royal Christmas card.<\/p>\n<p>Just days after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle debuted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/12\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-christmas-holidays-card\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">their own card<\/a> for the holiday season, their Prince and Princess of Wales are doing the same.<\/p>\n<p>2024 was a very difficult year for Kate Middleton especially. Perhaps the hardest of her life.<\/p>\n<p>Now that she has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/11\/kate-middleton-working-out-again-doing-well-following-chemotherapy-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">completed chemo<\/a>, however, their family has much to celebrate.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Prince William, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, and Kate Middleton on December 6, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-515496 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Prince William, Prince of Wales, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, and Catherine, Princess of Wales during the \u2018Together At Christmas\u2019 Carol Service at Westminster Abbey on December 6, 2024.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Aaron Chown \u2013 WPA Pool\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-see-the-royal-christmas-card-for-2024\">See the royal Christmas card for 2024!<\/h2>\n<p>Taking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/princeandprincessofwales\/reel\/DDwzZTct7Vw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> on Wednesday on Thursday, December 19, Prince William and Kate Middleton offered the world its first, animated glimpse at this year\u2019s Christmas card.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWishing you a very Happy Christmas,\u201d the card reads in a very British tone, \u201cand New Year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the opposite side of the card, we see a family photo showing William, Kate, George, Charlotte, and Louis.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DDwzZTct7Vw\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>The animation on the video imitates snowfall, though the card is indoors for the photo.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the card\u2019s placement, it sits open in the foreground while a glittering if somewhat plain Christmas tree towers behind it.<\/p>\n<p>Some Americans may feel surprised at a publicly funded family of national mascots being less than inclusive around the holiday season. But the First Amendment is strictly American (when actually enforced), and William will one day be the Supreme Governor (yes, that\u2019s a real title) of the Church of England. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Royals William, Kate, George, Louis, and Charlotte on December 6, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-515497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_02-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_02-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_02-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Royals William, Kate, George, Louis, and Charlotte on December 6, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-515497 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_02-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_02-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_02-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1219_katemiddlton_02-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Britain\u2019s Prince William, Prince of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis attend the \u2018Together At Christmas\u2019 Carol Service at Westminster Abbey on December 06, 2024.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Isabel Infantes-WPA Pool\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-royal-card-comes-after-a-difficult-2024\">The royal card comes after a difficult 2024<\/h2>\n<p>In November, William spoke about his wife and father both receiving a cancer diagnosis almost back-to-back.<\/p>\n<p>Though he acknowledged that the news and treatments were \u201cbrutal,\u201d he also expressed that he felt \u201cso proud\u201d of them both.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly? It\u2019s been dreadful,\u201d Prince William said relatably about 2024. \u201cIt\u2019s probably been the hardest year in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DDdAmfzMR-J\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Not only did Kate Middleton receive a cancer diagnosis \u2014 allegedly after doctors found evidence of it during abdominal surgery \u2014 but it remained a secret for months.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the aura of secrecy surrounding this publicly funded family led to a scandal after a photoshop fail spawned numerous conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n<p>Kate herself had to disclose her diagnosis in order to quiet the speculation that she was dead or divorcing William. The royal firm added unnecessary stress to an already difficult year. It\u2019s this sort of nonsense that encouraged Prince Harry to take his family across the pond.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prince Harry &amp; Meghan\u2019s Christmas card ! ???????? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wi5ZvdQJtG\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Wi5ZvdQJtG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iris ???? (@IrisTheeScholar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IrisTheeScholar\/status\/1868718254455435312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"h-speaking-of-harry-and-meghan\">Speaking of Harry and Meghan \u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Harry and Meghan\u2019s more inclusive card was a tribute to the entire holiday season. (It\u2019s good to remember that there are numerous religious holidays this time of year)<\/p>\n<p>However, photos of their two children \u2014 with their faces tastefully obscured \u2014 led to unhinged conspiracy theories. Trolls accused them of using stand-in actors or even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/12\/meghan-markle-prince-harry-accused-of-using-photoshop-ai-children-on-christmas-card\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plagiarized LLM technology<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Hardcore royalists will say or believe <em>anything <\/em>to portray Harry and Meghan in a bad light, we suppose.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/12\/royal-christmas-card-william-kate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kate and William have revealed this year\u2019s royal Christmas card. Just days after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle debuted their own card for the holiday season, their Prince and Princess of Wales are doing the same. 2024 was a very difficult year for Kate Middleton especially. Perhaps the hardest of her life. Now that she [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-139307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}