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Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) [c] was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. Charles II was the eldest surviving child of Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria of France.
Children singing Christmas carols. Star singers , also known as Epiphany singers , or Star boys' singing procession (England), are children and young people walking from house to house with a star on a rod and often wearing crowns and dressed in clothes to resemble the Three Magi (variously also known as Three Kings or Three Wise Men).
The book The Vindication of Christmas (London, 1652) argued against the Puritans, and makes note of Old English Christmas traditions, dinner, roast apples on the fire, card playing, dances with "plow-boys" and "maidservants", old Father Christmas and carol singing. [59] The Restoration of King Charles II in 1660 ended the ban.
King Charles makes major departure from Queen in his Christmas speech. Royal family attend Christmas Day service at Sandringham. 04:00, Alexander Butler. The royal family marked Christmas Day by ...
Kate Middleton was joined by friends, family, and 1,600 other guests during her her annual "Together At Christmas" carol service on December 6 at Westminster Abbey. Along with her husband, Prince ...
The Christmas broadcast is one of the British sovereign's most famous holiday traditions, which King George V kicked off in 1932 and Queen Elizabeth televised for the first time in 1957.
Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield (5 September 1664 – 17 February 1718), formerly Lady Charlotte Fitzroy, was the illegitimate daughter of King Charles II of England by one of his best known mistresses, Barbara Villiers, 1st Duchess of Cleveland.
King Charles reflected on the royal family's challenging 2024 in his annual Christmas speech, following a year in which both he and his daughter-in-law Kate Middleton were diagnosed with cancer ...