Kate, the Princess of Wales, has shared a Christmas letter offering a poignant message about the importance of “love, kindness and forgiveness.”

Kate, Britain's Princess of Wales, says love is the greatest gift people can give each other in a message to guests who will attend her annual Christmas carol service next week at London's Westminster Abbey.

The Princess of Wales writes of the need for mutual support ahead of her carol concert next week.

The event will be broadcast as part of the programme Royal Carols: Together At Christmas, screened on ITV1 and ITVX on Christmas Eve.

The Princess of Wales’s deeply poignant Christmas letter has been revealed, as she emphasises love in ‘our darkest of times’. She delivered a heartfelt Christmas message about the importance of love to those attending her annual Westminster carol service.