Buckingham Palace extends New Year wishes

Buckingham Palace on Wednesday shared King Charles and Queen Camilla's New Year message with a GIF video featuring the palace gate and fireworks.   

"As 2026 arrives around the world, we wish you all a very happy New Year!" read a brief message that accompanied the clip shared on the official Instagram account of the royal family.

On December 25, the King highlighted the importance of unity in diversity in his annual Christmas Day message. 

"With the great diversity of our communities, we can find the strength to ensure that right triumphs over wrong," Charles, 77, said in his fourth annual broadcast since becoming monarch.

"As I meet people of different faiths, I find it enormously encouraging to hear how much we have in common, a shared longing for peace and a deep respect for all life."

Charles spoke of "journeying" and the importance of showing kindness to people on the move - themes that resonate at a time of intense public concern over migration around the world.

His message, delivered from Westminster Abbey where monarchs have been crowned since William the Conqueror in 1066, came at the end of a year marked by tensions in the royal family.