The late princess "was mortified on Christmas Eve, when she discovered that the Royal Family only gave each other silly gag gifts," Vanity Fair reported, adding that while she gave her new-sister-in-law the Princess Royal a cashmere sweater, Anne gave Diana a bathroom accessory.

The late Princess of Wales used to “dread these royal family Christmases,” royal biography Ingrid Seward said recently

Not everyone loves the idea of a Christmas stacked to the brim with tradition after tradition, and for Princess Diana, the thought of enjoying the holidays with her fellow royals at times made her feel so uptight that she would often ditch the festivities as soon as she possibly could.

Like many families around the world, the British royals have a packed house during the Christmas season. Prince William recently shared that 45 people were coming to the Sandringham estate for the holidays this year,