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ROYALTY: Kate and William take Prince George and Princess Charlotte to Christmas lunch with Queen



The three-year-old future King and his 19-month-old sister joined dozens of relatives as the Queen hosted her traditional pre-Christmas party for her extended family. 
George and Charlotte arrived in a Range Rover driven by their father Prince William with their Uncle Harry in the passenger seat and mum Kate in the back with them about half an hour before the start of the 1pm lunch. 
Up to 50 members of the extended  were at the palace for the gathering, far more than can be accommodated at Sandringham on Christmas Day. 
The Queen, who is known as Gangan to her great grandchildren, usually gives a small present to youngsters at the party. 
It will be her last chance to see the Cambridges before Christmas. 
They plan to spend Christmas Day at the Berkshire home of Kate's parents, Michael and Carole Middleton.

But other senior members of the family are expected to join her at the big house on the 90-year-old monarch's 20,000 acre estate in Norfolk. 
The lunch came as Buckingham Palace announced that at the end of the year the Queen is to stand down from being patron of 25 out of around 600 organisations of which she is patron. 
She will hand over the responsibilities to other members of her family. 
The Duchess of Cambridge will become patron of Wimbledon and Prince Harry will become patron of the Rugby Football Union.
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