Has anyone ever gone to wave at the Royals on Christmas Day at Sandringham?

[ChallengingFigureANDUnrulyFlaps]

Hello all

Yes I know this is extremely uncool but I want to tick it off my bucket list. And yes, I know it's August.

I'd be coming from central Scotland. So swithering about whether to drive or take a train and where to stay.

Any tips please?

Thanks

on your own?

i can’t imagine the look on my children’s face if i suggested this

or indeed if someone suggested this to me

gold luck op!

MIL did that, taken by her parents as girl in the 1930s. They were locals. So sorry no travel advice for you!

Public transport isn’t usually great on Christmas Day

Any tips? Yeah loads but none you want to hear.

I'm sure it will make their entire Christmas just seeing you there waving at them.

No tips, but I’d love to do this too

No spending time with my family is more important than waving at complete strangers

Where are you going to find a taxi on Christmas Day in Kings Lynn to take you round to Sandringham?

Ignore the snacks

Personally I would drive public transport will not be reliable Christmas day

No because I'm not in a Christmas Carol type novel about poor folk.

I think you can find times, directions, protocols etc on www.forelocktuggingserfs.com

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Do any trains even run on Christmas Day? The journey could be a lengthy nightmare. How would you spend the rest of the day? It sounds like such a huge undertaking for what will be a very underwhelming experience - I support the royal family and have met several members in various capacities, but they are just people, and don’t have a halo round them or fireworks going off as they pass.

If you are not bothered about spending Christmas Day with friends or family, why not volunteer somewhere that offers Christmas lunch to pensioners who live alone, or a soup kitchen for the homeless, where the effort you’re going to would be much more appreciated.

I used to live in the next village to Sandringham but never went as it isn't my thing, I do know locals who went though.

You'd definitely need to drive, the public transport is dire all year round but clearly non existent on Christmas Day.

ChallengingFigureANDUnrulyFlaps

Maybe find a Christmas package for a few days in a nearby town, and certainly drive.
If you get this moved to the Christmas thread there may be someone with recommendations for hotels.

I always wonder why anyone does this?!

How did it make your bucket list ?!

Maybe OP doesn’t have any family, not everyone is as lucky as you.

A bucket list is traditionally for the terminally ill.

Maybe the OP has done everything else in but this is the last hurrah?

@WestminsterWanderer

Oh! I wasn't thinking of it in terms of illness, I was thinking in terms of general goals in life

Ha ha, this has cheered me up no end. Doffing my cap at bad tempered Charlie and Cams. Hilarious. The rest of the Hanovarians too, so funny.

If you want to do it, do it!! Could you train down from Scotland and hire a car? Could be easier. Or fly to Norwich? And then hire a car?

Not my cup of tea BUT Christmas in Norfolk Could be lovely. Easy enough to book somewhere now. You don't say if you have any family. Would they join you? A cosy cottage (for one if necessary), a food delivery order (sainsbury's Kings Lynn or just plan to collect your food when you get there, there are lots of lovely farm shops in the area and you could make a traditional or non traditional feast.

A walk on the Sandringham Estate on Christmas day would be lovely. You can pay to park and then queue to see the royals, go for a walk, then home for your feast. Plenty of nice walks in the area for your other days.

Book it. It'll be fun.

Don't drive down and back on Christmas day. That would be miserable.

King Charles is an important figure in history. Hopefully you'd get to see him. And wills and George. 3 monarchs one stone. Do it now whilst KC3 is alive!!

This sounds like a lovely idea. Trains might be a bit crowded on Christmas Eve is the only thing I can think of, but I imagine you can book a seat. Or fly from Edinburgh to Gatwick? That would be very quick.

If I were local I might well do this, not because I'm an obsessive royalist but just for the novelty factor, being a small part of a national tradition. I've met the late DofE but never C&C.

But from Scotland???

I clicked on the link with high hopes, very disappointed it doesn’t work! 😂