These are the best Christmas cards shared by the royal family

The days before Christmas, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex shared their family Christmas card, featuring their two children Archie and Lilibet.

“Happy Holidays! From our family to yours,” Meghan shared on Instagram.

According to People, the photo was captured in early December at their Montecito home in California, where they relocated after departing the royal family in 2020.

Days before Christmas Day, the Prince and Princess of Wales released their Christmas Card, featuring their three kids: Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.

“Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas,” the family wrote.

The Royal Collection Trust searched it’s archives in the lead up to Christmas 2025, to unearth three significant cards from the royals.

Firstly, was an image from 1938 featuring George VI with his family including wife Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, and his two daughters Margaret and Elizabeth, who signed the card using her childhood nickname Lilibet.

The following photo was taken 10 years later featuring a then Prince Charles with his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

Lastly, was Crown Prince Olav, who would become King Olav VI, in 1917. He was the grandson of King Edward VI and Queen Alexandra. The card was warmly addressed to Queen Mary, and read, “I wish you a merry Xmas and a happy New Year.”

Princess Anne and Sir Timothy Laurence’s beautiful Christmas card was unveiled early by Govenor of Queensland, Dr Jeanette Young’s Instagram.

“With best wishes for a happy and peaceful Christmas and New Year,” the card read. But it was the way the Princess Royal signed off the card with a simple, “From Anne and Tim.”

The Monaco Royal family were one of the first royals to share their 2025 Christmas Card with the world. In the image, the family are posing next to a roaring fire in a fireplace adorned with a lush evergreen garland with royal blue elements. Princess Charlene is sitting next to her dog and daughter, Princess Gabriella. While Albert II stands behind them with his arm around his son, the twin brother of Gabriella, Prince Jacques.

The Wales family released their 2024 Christmas Card just days before the holiday, on December 20.

It simply read, “Wishing you a very Happy Christmas and New Year.” But the photo choice was rather poignant; it’s a still of the family from the video statement Princess Catherine released in September 2024, to share that she had completed chemotherapy.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle chose to showcase six photos on their 2024 Christmas card. Among the images were snaps taken during their 2024 visits to Nigeria and Colombia. But most excitingly, one of the six photos was a previously unseen photo of Harry and Meghan with their rarely seen kids, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

In the new photo, Archie, 5, and Lilibet, 3, can be seen from behind running towards their mum and dad, both with fiery red hair. So cute!

Princess Anne chose an image of herself and her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurenc,e from Garter Day for her 2024 Christmas Card. The message read, “With best wishes for a happy and peaceful Christmas and New Year.”

For their 2024 Christmas card, King Charles and Queen Camilla chose a photo of themselves in the Gardens of Buckingham Palace, taken by Millie Pilkington.

As Charles’ second Christmas as King, he and Camilla opted for a Christmas card featuring an image from their coronation, which took place in May 2023. “Wishing you a very Happy Christmas and New Year,” it read.

Prince William and Princess Catherine’s 2023 Christmas Card featured a black and white photograph of the pair with their children — Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle chose a photo that was taken during the closing ceremony of the 2023 Invictus Games for their Christmas card.

The Monegasque royals — Prince Albert, Princess Charlene and their twins Princess Gabriella and Prince Jacques — used an incredibly glamorous photo for their 2023 Christmas card.

The Spanish royal family used a photo from Princess Leonor’s 18th birthday for their 2023 Christmas card. King Felipe VI wore a classic suit and a royal blue tie, while Queen Letizia looked stunning in a matching royal blue dress. Princess Leonor wore a fashionable white suit and Infanta Sofia wore a floral blue and white frock.

Charles and Camilla’s 2022 Christmas card was adorned with an image of the royal couple taken at the Braemar Games in September 2022.

This beautiful image of the Wales family, taken by Matt Porteous, graced their 2022 Christmas cards.

Despite stepping back from their royal duties in 2020, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have continued to release Christmas cards. This was their festive greeting in 2022.

In 2021, William, Kate, George, Charlotte and Louis took a family trip to Jordan. A happy snap from that adventure ended up making it to their Christmas card that year.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s 2021 Christmas Card featured a sweet photo of them with their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. What made the card extra special was that this was the first image of Lilibet the couple had ever publicly shared.

Taken at their Norfolk home, Anmer Hall, the Wales family’s 2020 Christmas card photo was incredibly adorable.

Harry and Meghan took an artistic approach to their 2020 Christmas card.

Then-Prince Charles and Camilla, then-Duchess of Cornwall, chose an image taken during their historic visit to Cuba for the 2019 Christmas card.

The 2018 Christmas card featured this lovely image of the then-Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their three children.

2018 marked Harry and Meghan’s first Christmas since they tied the knot. And so, for their Christmas card, they shared a never-seen-before snap from their wedding.

Here’s the royal duo’s 2017 Christmas card, which featured a snap from Camilla’s 70th birthday party.

We love it when families wear coordinating outfits, and this picture of William, Catherine, George and Charlotte — which was featured on their 2017 Christmas card — is no exception!

In 2013, Charles, then-Prince of Wales, and Camilla, then-Duchess of Cornwall, chose this candid image for their Christmas card.