Royal family LIVE: Swedish and Norwegian royals to step out for glittering Nobel Prize ceremonies

The King has arrived at an advent service at Westminster Abbey.

Dressed in a blue suit and a grey patterned tie, the monarch, 77, smiled as he entered the London church. 

The congregation will include U.K. and International Christian leaders, members of Anglican Clergy, as well as representatives of other faiths and charities.

The King will then take his seat as the service begins. Readings and Testimonies will be delivered from the Pulpit and The Great Lectern, prayers will be said around the crib, and music will be sung by choirs from the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Syriac Orthodox Church.

Yesterday, the Queen met members of a charity dedicated to raising awareness of economic abuse and heard powerful stories from women affected by the issue.

Camilla met officials from the Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) charity and heard women tell their stories in a room, before a wider reception which also involved banking industry representatives.

Economic abuse involves a current or ex-partner controlling someone else’s money and what that money can buy, such as housing, food, transport, employment, child maintenance, clothing and phones.

It is often perpetrated alongside other abusive behaviours, such as physical, sexual and psychological abuse, to build fear and isolation.

Thanking the charity at the reception, the Queen said: "I thought I knew most things about domestic abuse but I've learned a lot today that I didn't know about.

"And talking to all these very brave women and getting them to tell their stories and talk to each other and put to all the banks and the financial institutions under one umbrella, swapping ideas and stories I think is the way forward. So, I just hope that today has been a step in that direction."

The Duchess of Sussex has sent a letter to her estranged father, Thomas Markle, it has been confirmed. The retired TV lighting director, 81, underwent surgery at a hospital in the Philippines last week. 

A spokesperson for the Duchess said: "Given that a Daily Mail reporter has remained at her father's bedside throughout, broadcasting each interaction and breaching clear ethical boundaries, it has been exceedingly difficult for the Duchess to contact her father privately, despite her efforts over the past several days. With the support of reliable and trusted contacts, her correspondence is now safely in his hands."

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Princess Anne, as patron of The Royal College of Midwives, will visit Raigmore Hospital Maternity Services, Raigmore Hospital in Old Perth, Inverness.

She will also, as Commandant-in-Chief of First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal's Volunteer Corps), will attend a carol concert at the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks in London.

The Princely Palace of Monaco has released new portraits of Prince Albert and Princess Charlene's twins, Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella, to mark their 11th birthday.

Despite being younger than his twin sister, Prince Jacques is the heir apparent to the Monegasque throne as the crown passes according to male-preference cognatic primogeniture.

We have some tiara moments to look forward to today as the Nobel Prize ceremony and banquets take place in Sweden, with a white-tie dress code for the Swedish royals. 

A ceremony is also set to take place in Norway, but the royals typically wear smart daytime attire. 

Stay tuned for all of the photos later today!