Photos of members of the Royal Family attending a Christmas Day church service in Sandringham, Norfolk feature on the front pages of many of the morning papers. The Daily Mirror features a photo of the Princess of Wales embracing a woman gathered to watch the church service, with the headline “With love and hugs”. The Daily Mail focuses on King Charles’ speech, which he delivered in Fitzrovia Chapel in London, thanking the doctors and nurses who provided medical treatment during his cancer treatment.
The Times leads with the story that contingency plans are being drawn up in Whitehall for an increase in pupils attending state schools, amid concerns that some independent institutions will collapse when VAT is applied to fees in the new year. The paper also touches on a fatal airline crash in Kazakhstan, quoting experts who believe the Azerbaijan Airline aircraft may have been caught in an air defence response to Ukrainian drone attacks on Grozny in the Chechen republic of Russia.
The Guardian features the plane crash in Kazakhstan, which killed 38 people in Aktau, and also reports on a story about Wegovy and Mounjaro, weight-loss injections that are being aggressively marketed to UK consumers. The paper says it has reviewed reports by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
The Daily Express highlights retail stores that are panicking and pinning all their hopes on a Boxing Day sales bonanza to beat “budget blues”. While the i newspaper says British political parties are moving into a three-way tie, with Reform UK almost even with Labour and the Tories, according to leading polling expert Sir John Curtice.
Finally, in domestic news, the Daily Telegraph reports that foxhunters will face tougher penalties under Labour’s plans, including prosecution if a fox is killed through recklessness. The Sun features the Princess of Wales in a forest-green coat with a matching fascinator and tartan scarf, as she joins the Prince of Wales and their children on Christmas Day
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