Christmas is a tricky time when you have a big family – and it seems the royals are not immune to struggling with sleeping arrangements . The Prince and Princess of Wales were reportedly forced to sleep on "fish finger" style beds when they travelled up to Norfolk to stay with King Charles at Sandringham, according to a report by Mail+'s Palace Confidential . Not only did they allegedly have to contend with tiny singles, but they are "old fashioned beds with the really creaky bedsprings at the bottom".
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Christmas at Sandringham The annual Christmas gathering follows the same schedule, year after year. The royals open their presents on December 24, a ritual described by Prince Harry as a "free-for-all" . Writing in his memoir Spare , he recalled: "The whole family gat.
