--- title: Prince George, Princess Charlotte Enjoy Christmas Day Candy description: Prince George and Princess Charlotte were each given a little something to help them get through a Christmas Day church service: candy canes canonical: https://time.com/4618109/prince-george-princess-charlotte-christmas-candy/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-26T17:24:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:57:47.456Z og:title: Prince George and Princess Charlotte Had Something Sweet for Christmas og:description: The royal family attended a Christmas Day service without the Queen og:url: https://time.com/4618109/prince-george-princess-charlotte-christmas-candy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87cbd66d24e0c10c/6988b3fdfb4eac3e34890461/royal-family2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Middleton Family Attend Church On Christmas Day og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Prince George and Princess Charlotte Had Something Sweet for Christmas twitter:description: The royal family attended a Christmas Day service without the Queen twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87cbd66d24e0c10c/6988b3fdfb4eac3e34890461/royal-family2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Prince George and Princess Charlotte Had Something Sweet for Christmas  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Dec 26, 2016 5:24 PM UTC  Prince George of Cambridge attends a Christmas Day service at St. Marks Church in Englefield, England, on Dec. 25, 2016. Prince George of Cambridge attends a Christmas Day service at St. Marks Church in Englefield, England, on Dec. 25, 2016.Anwar Hussein—WireImage/Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Dec 26, 2016 5:24 PM UTC Prince George and Princess Charlotte were each given a little something to help them get through a Christmas Day church service: candy canes. The royal family attended a Christmas Day service at St. Mark’s Church in Englefield on Sunday without the Queen, who stayed home with a heavy cold, [CBS reports](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/prince-george-steals-the-show-as-royal-family-leaves-christmas-day-service/). Despite the fact that it is quite rare for Queen Elizabeth to miss the service, it was Prince George and Princess Charlotte who made the headlines when photos surfaced of them adorably enjoying the minty candies as the royal family left the church. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4618109/prince-george-princess-charlotte-christmas-candy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4618109/prince-george-princess-charlotte-christmas-candy/"},"headline":"Prince George and Princess Charlotte Had Something Sweet for Christmas","datePublished":"2016-12-26T17:24:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:57:47.456Z","description":"The royal family attended a Christmas Day service without the Queen","url":"https://time.com/4618109/prince-george-princess-charlotte-christmas-candy/","keywords":["Living","england","royals","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87cbd66d24e0c10c/6988b3fdfb4eac3e34890461/royal-family2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87cbd66d24e0c10c/6988b3fdfb4eac3e34890461/royal-family2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Middleton Family Attend Church On Christmas Day","caption":"The Middleton Family Attend Church On Christmas Day","creditText":"Anwar Hussein—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4618109/prince-george-princess-charlotte-christmas-candy/","name":"Prince George and Princess Charlotte Had Something Sweet for Christmas"}}]}] ```