It is a joyous, candlelit event, but it also has a poignant element because the princess and some of the guests have been going through a very trying time due to health issues for the past year.
Olympic cyclist Sir Chris Hoy will light a candle for the 1,600 guests, who include families impacted by the Southport knife attack. Hoy was recently diagnosed with cancer.
Actor Richard E. Grant will recite a chapter from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, and the Prince of Wales will read from the Bible.
Aaron Chown/PA Wire Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, and her husband, the Prince of Wales, accompanied the princess. Each of them holds a hymn book while reading from it.
