Wild Facts About the Royal Family Every Anglophile Should Know

The holidays are a time full of delicious food, and many of us indulge while trying our best to keep an eye on our waistlines. Now, imagine having to broadcast your holiday indulgences to your whole family! That’s what the Royal Family has to do every Christmas. It’s a tradition that members of the Royal Family and their guests have to weigh themselves before and after their Christmas feast.

The purpose of this isn’t to shame anyone, however. The tradition started as a kind of joke to see if all the guests got enough to eat and thoroughly enjoyed their meals. The idea is that everyone should put on a few pounds. Otherwise, the Royal Family didn’t do a good enough job hosting Christmas dinner!