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will carry many of the same themes, recognising the deeply historic and richly innovative relationship our two nations hold. And with our German friends, as with all of the closest relationships, we celebrate not only our shared characteristics, but also our differences. It can have escaped no one's attention that Germans are considered by many in my country to have a somewhat different sense of humour. But let me assure you, Herr Bundespräsident, British humour is no laughing matter. Talk about Prince William and Princess Catherine. Of course, their family moved to Forest Lodge, an eight-bedroom mansion located 15 minutes from their previous home, Adelaide Cottage. They're all settled in and they're putting in the finishing touches, decorating the property just in time for Christmas. But local residents, they're not all too happy about the security perimeter surrounding their forever home. It means that there's been a bit of a traffic headache. What can you tell us about this and what's being said? Well, it's exactly that. There is this sort of traffic headache. They moved in early November, again, as we predicted on this programme. Forest Lodge is an eight-bedroom Georgian mansion. It's located just about 15 minutes from Adelaide Cottage, their previous home. Now they're all settled in. What's happening? They're putting up the decorations. They're getting rid of the Christmas tree. But for local residents, they've got the security perimeter because they're very worried within their forever home that people will be peering through the net curtains and having a look. And apparently there's a Christmas tree shop, which is very, very close to Forest Lodge. It was opened for the season on November the 27th. But in an effort to protect their privacy and prevent cars from passing and peeking through those curtains, as they say, they basically have got to do virtually a one-mile round trip, is what they're saying. So the residents are not very happy about that one. Now, Christmas is, of course, approaching. The British royal family often gathers at Sandringham Estate in Norfolk for a Christmas celebration. But can you talk to us about their schedule this year and other traditions as part of the royal family? Well, they do. They have wonderful, extraordinary things. Every December, the British royal family gathers at Sandringham Estate, as they say, in Norfolk for the Christmas celebrations. But they have all sorts of weird practices, some dating back to Queen Victoria's reign. What happens? I'll let you into a few of the secrets. The royals arrive in order of seniority. And the reason for this is they don't want to keep the most senior person, which is obviously King Charles and Camilla. They don't want to keep them waiting. So that's what they do. A rather bizarre practice, which we should all do, is they get weighed before and after dinner. And what happens? They have to say it was a practice which was introduced by King Edward VII. He wanted proof that his guests had properly indulged in the lavish multi-course feast and ideally had gained at least three pounds. Diana was apparently incredibly uncomfortable about doing that sort of side. The other things they do, they open their Christmas presents on Christmas Eve. And the idea is those presents are supposed to be terrible. They're supposed to be cheap and funny. And give you some example, Princess Anne gave Prince Charles a leather toilet seat. Princess Diana presented Sarah Ferguson with a leopard print bath mat and Prince William's wrapping slippers. He had his grandmother, the late Queen's face on them. Prince Harry described these gifts exchange in his memoir as a free for all. And I, for the purpose of this program, I had a look at some of these gifts that he might have. So this year is a little doll. This is Princess Catherine. You've got one of these. You can hang on these. This looks pretty awful, doesn't it? You've got one of those over there like that. But the most extraordinary one I found was good old William himself. Look at that. Together with a rather sad receding hairline. The wonderful thing about these sort of things, they're all made in China. OK, thank you so much. There you go. I was not expecting that. Expect the unexpected with you, Andrew Ebel, and I absolutely love it. Look, I like the tradition of opening presents on Christmas Eve, I think because I'm a little bit too eager. But finally, Queen Mary, Queen Mary of Denmark, who shared a charming behind the scenes glimpse of her family decorating their Christmas tree. And fans are quick to point out a sweet nod to her Australian roots. That is an ornament shaped like the Sydney Opera House, a tribute to the place she once called home. We, of course, we love Queen Mary because she's one of our own. Yeah, absolutely. And this was a little hint. So we've got that glorious video, which is out there on social media. And she hanged, she put up a special Australian ornament on her Christmas tree to give, well she was giving this sort of rare look inside her palace. She was joined by her husband, Frederick X, who's 57, their children, Crown Prince Christian, 20, Princess Isabella, 18 and 14 year old twins. Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine. And what they had, you see one of the baubles that they had, that they put on, was in fact Sydney Opera House. That's a wonderful sort of nod to her background there. They also introduced their wonderful border colleague Coco and showed us, as we all do at these sort of Christmas things, the smashed bauble on the floor. It shows the real sort of likeability and the down to earthness of Queen Mary. And wonderful that she sort of celebrates her Australian heritage as a result. Absolutely. Andrew Ebourne, Barrister, broadcaster, president of Octopus TV. Thank you so much for joining us on Power Hour. Always so much fun. It's always fun. Look forward to seeing you next week.