12:33pm UK, Saturday December 25, 2010
Well-wishers have gathered in their hundreds to greet the Queen and members of the Royal Family as they celebrate Christmas at Sandringham.
The Queen and the Royal Family have arrived at St Mary Magdalene Church on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk for a morning service.
While the Queen made the trip by car accompanied by the Countess of Wessex, other family members took the short walk from the royal estate to the church.
The Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry, the Duke of York and his daughters Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, and the Earl of Wessex made the walk amid the picturesque snow-covered ground.
But Prince William, now engaged to marry Catherine Middleton, was not among the entourage.
He has volunteered to work at RAF Valley where he is stationed on Christmas Day.
Miss Middleton is spending Christmas at home with her immediate family.
The Queen arrived by car at the church for the service
Sky's royal correspondent Paul Harrison said hundreds of people gathered outside the church to watch the royals arrive.
One well-wisher, George from Horncastle in Lincs, told Sky News: "We've been doing it for a year or two, we just like to come down and see the royals.
"We started doing it with my mum but now she's not very well, but I keep coming here with my wife."
Later this afternoon, the Queen's message to the nation will be broadcast.
:: See the monarch's message delivered live at 3pm today on Sky Player
In it, she will speak of the importance of community and of people's desire to have a sense of belonging.
She will highlight the importance of sport as a medium that can help build communities and create harmony.
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