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This Very Odd Royal Family Christmas Tradition Will Leave You Confused

This is the last thing we'd want to be doing Christmas day - by Milly Haddrick
  • 20 Nov 2018
This Very Odd Royal Family Christmas Tradition Will Leave You Confused

Every family has a Christmas tradition that they do every year, but surprisingly it seems that holiday quirk gets extended to the Royal family and in the weirdest of ways.

Royal expert and editor of Majesty, Ingrid Seward, recently spoke to Grazia magazine to reveal how the Royal family do Christmas each year, and one extremely odd habit caught everybody’s attention.

Are you ready for it?

Every member of the royal family is weighed before and after Christmas dinner.

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Although this seems like the very last thing we’d want to be doing after a day of festive feasting, the tradition apparently dates back to the early 1900’s when King Edward VII led the monarchy.

Because past kings and queens were quite the gluttons, ‘the weighing’ wasn’t some form of royal fat-shaming, but rather to ensure that everyone was thoroughly well fed.

As for some other strange royal traditions? It has been widely reported that the Royals open all their gifts on Christmas Eve instead of Christmas day, and because they’re all loaded they only exchange humorous gifts.

According to the Daily Star, Meghan gave the queen a singing hamster toy last year…it’ll be hard to top that!  

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Milly is a freelance journalist who devours all news, from the latest in Australian politics to Meghan and Harry's cutest couple moments. Milly is a devout tea enthusiast who's a firm believer in quality downtime, her weekends are usually spent exploring a new cafe with a nice cuppa and the crossword.

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