Inside royals' first Easter without Queen as strict rule relaxed and Kate given new job

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Easter will be bittersweet for the royals this year - for more reasons than one.The holy weekend will be the first one since the death of Queen Elizabeth - who would spend the holiday with her family at Windsor.Additionally, this Easter Sunday marks the second anniversary of the death of Prince Philip.

As always, it's expected that the royals, including King Charles and Camilla, will gather at Windsor to enjoy family time and no doubt reminisce about the Queen and Prince Philip.Here we take a look at how King Charles will change the traditions.Good Friday marks the start of the Easter weekend and the start of royal traditions.And their custom, like many across the country, is to eat hot cross buns and a delicious fish dinner to mark the day.

Former royal chef Darren McGrady told OK!: "Easter Court was alive and buzzing when the whole family came to Windsor in those days. "We were busy making Hot Cross Buns for breakfast on Good Friday and the kitchens were full of hustle and bustle."According to Darren, the fish served up for Good Friday is hake.No Easter celebration would be complete without an abundance of chocolate - and it seems this is the same for the children in the family.Darren also recalled one year when a prank carried out by schoolboy Prince William left his younger cousins Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie "terrified".He decided to make a Hickory Dickory Dock nursery rhyme-themed chocolate egg and sent it up to the nursery.He explained: "It had a clock on the top striking one and a sugared mouse peeking out of a mousehole."We sent it up to the nursery on the silver tray, but 15 minutes later the Footman brought it back."He said, 'Nanny asked me to return this.