Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie join King, Queen and Wales family for Christmas in Sandringham

Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie have put on a defiant display as they walked to church in Sandringham behind King Charles and Queen Camilla.

The daughters of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson joined the monarch as well as the Prince and Princess of Wales for Christmas Day, despite their parents being excluded from this year's celebrations.

Andrew and Fergie were not invited to the royal event after the former Prince was stripped of all of his titles in the wake of a fresh scandal.

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But King Charles has shown his support for his nieces since then and the princesses were both also at the wider royal family Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace earlier this month.

It's not the first time the sisters have chosen to celebrate the holiday with the royal family after their parents have been side-lined from Sandringham.

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Beatrice, 37, and Eugenie, 35, together with their husbands joined the monarch on Thursday for the traditional walk down from the Sandringham Estate to St Mary Magdalene Church.

Previously Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi have done the walk with son Christopher 'Wolfie' Woolf but, this year, the couple appeared solo.

Their two daughters Sienna and Athena would be too young to take part in the public appearance with royal children usually aged five or six before they attend.

Eugenie similarly was seen alongside Jack Brooksbank but the couple were without either of their two young sons.

There were some royal children in attendance, with two of Mark and Zara Tindall's three kids - Mia and Lena - joining the couple.

Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis were all there on the walk alongside their parents Prince William and Kate.

Also in attendance for the church service and walkabout were the King's sister Princess Anne and her husband Sir Timothy Laurence, along with the monarch's youngest brother Prince Edward and his wife Sophie.

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, as Edward and Sophie are also known, were joined by their grown children Lady Louise and James, Earl of Wessex.

While the royal family don't have a dress code for the day, there were a sea of tan and brown coats across the group.

Queen Camilla and Princess Anne stood out in a bold red coat dresses, while Kate and Eugenie both opted for tartan coats.

Beatrice also went for a pattern with a check design to her coat, as did Sophie who stunned in a chequered look with a maroon trim, paired with a matching scarf and heels.

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