After spending the weekend in Windsor, where the royal family gathered at St George’s Chapel for the traditional Easter Sunday service, the Prince and Princess of Wales are taking the opportunity to rest, regroup and make the most of each other’s company.
With Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, ten, and Prince Louis, seven, enjoying a three-week holiday from school, William and Kate have taken a break from royal engagements to prioritise their children.
Easter has always been a special time for the family, who usually spend some of the holidays at Anmer Hall, their rural retreat on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, where they enjoy bike rides and walks on the beach, and where they have also kept chickens, hatching baby chicks in an incubator.
Kate, who loves to do arts and crafts with the children, may also be planning to take them to Bucklebury Farm and Deer Safari Park, a visitor attraction run by her sister, Pippa Matthews. The Berkshire farm has a host of fun activities lined up over the holidays, including Easter egg hunts, tractor rides and an Easter bunny disco.
Most of all, the Easter break will give the Princess the chance to immerse her family in nature – something she found key to her recovery from cancer.
© Kensington Palace / Will Warr“Spending quality time together is such an important aspect of family life and for me, as a mother, it is the simple family moments like playing outside together that I cherish,” she has said.
In recent weeks, William and Kate’s official engagements have included attending the installation of Dame Sarah Mullally as 106th Archbishop of Canterbury – the first female leader of the Church of England – and joining fellow royals at Windsor Castle for a state banquet to honour the Nigerian president.
© Getty ImagesThe couple have also been busy visiting potential new schools for Charlotte, who, like George, will move on from local school Lambrook when she is 13.
In future, it is likely that we will see more of the family at the Easter service, which they had skipped since 2023 in favour of private time. As a future Supreme Governor of the Church of England – a role he will one day inherit from his father – William is said to be keen to show his commitment to his faith.
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