In the end, it was the year that Prince William described as probably “the hardest year in my life.” The sudden dual cancer diagnoses of the King and Princess of Wales thrust the royals, and the UK, in to unprecedented territory. Working timetables were tossed aside as the family dealt with personal challenges that William described as “brutal.”

King Charles and his family strolled to St Mary Magdalene, a 16th-century church on the Sandringham estate, part of a royal family tradition that's been going for decades.