Mid-year Yuletide Greetings

Another way the royals differ from regular folks are practices related to their card-giving. Most of us run around in December, purchasing our holiday cards to send them off in time for delivery by December 25th. Queen Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, prepare their cards for shipment during the summer months. Each year, they take their summer holiday at their Balmoral property. While there, the cards are tended to. The Royals have now been giving cards to various people for 95 years. The Queen was only 3 when she first appeared in one with her parents, King George VI and the Queen Mother.