As families gather to celebrate Christmas, many are bracing themselves for festive rows, which have become as much of a holiday tradition as decorating trees and exchanging gifts.
A study by British Gas found that 43 percent of Brits are bracing themselves family arguments this year, while a third claim that the festive period "wouldn't be the same" without rows with relatives.According to Palace insiders, the Royals are no different when it comes to festive fights.
Tensions have boiled over on numerous occasions at Sandringham estate, as strong characters and greater public scrutiny gives the family plenty of ammunition for Christmas confrontations.
Despite Sandringham containing an estimated 29 bedrooms, the late Queen's sons reportedly fought over the same one. In 1999 a recently single Charles was told that, following his divorce from Princess Diana, he must give up his favourite suite of rooms to his brother Edward, who had recently married Sophie Rhys-Jones, The Daily Mail reports.Famous for his dependency on creature comforts, Charles was certainly not happy about the prospect of surrendering his much-loved bedroom.
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