The monarch took a helicopter flight from Buckingham Palace to Sandringham yesterday after meeting Prince Harry.
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Unlike Buckingham Palace, the 20,000-acre Norfolk estate is privately owned by the royal family.
Queen Victoria bought the Grade II-listed house and the land around it in 1863 – and the royals have spent their winters there ever since.
Charles has made “significant changes” to the estate since Queen Elizabeth’s death in 2022.
A new pub is set to open in the Victorian building which housed the Queen’s social club before it shut in 2021.
The King has also turned a large lawn on the west side of the house into a new hedge garden teeming with critters.
Just last week Charles also approved plans for an “ultra-luxurious” glamping site in the woodland on the other side of the house.
Sandringham is set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty – and its ground are open to the public.
Now royal superfans can stroll down gravel paths through Charles’s new garden.
In a statement last year, the palace said: “With changing weather patterns the current expanse of lawn has been affected by warm weather and excessive rainfall.
“The newly developed garden will introduce new species that are more robust and hardy.
“They are better able to withstand the impact of emerging weather patterns.”
Inside Sandringham House itself is the Great Saloon, with its beautiful fireplace and sprawling tapestry.
The late Queen is said to have relaxed with a jigsaw in the room during her Christmas holidays.
Next door is the Small Drawing Room, where the royals receive important guests and dignitaries.
Perhaps the highlight of the house is the huge White Drawing Room, adorned with elaborate plastering and beading.
It has a stunning portrait of Queen Alexandra, which stands tall over the fireplace and a side room equipped with a grand piano.
This room served as the setting for official family photographs following Princess Charlotte’s christening.
The remarkable dining room at Sandringham House is where the Royal Family gather to eat their Christmas dinner.
The walls in this room are painted green – it’s been reported that the Queen once visited a house in Braemer with the same colour and requested the same.
How Charles broke protocol
KING Charles has bravely broken with royal protocol by sharing his cancer diagnosis.
Senior royals have in past been tight-lipped about their health battles.
The last top royal diagnosed with cancer was Charles’s grandfather George VI.
Heavy smoker George had his left lung removed for “structural abnormalities” in September 1951, months before he died.
The “abnormalities” were actually a life-threatening carcinoma, but the public never learned about George’s cancer ordeal.
Buckingham Palace said Charles wanted to share his cancer diagnosis to boost “public understanding” for cancer patients worldwide.
That shade has now been known by paint manufacturers as Braemer Green and can be requested by customers who want the same.
Sandringham’s corridors are breathtaking – the hallways are decked with a patterned green and red carpet with portraits of various royal family members on the walls.
There are also elegant wooden bookcases which have black statuettes placed on top.
Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton have a 10-bedroom property on the Sandringham Estate known as Anmer Hall.
It was gifted to them by the Queen after their wedding in 2011 and was refurbished for £1.5million.
New additions to the residence include a conservatory, a rerouted driveway and a new interior helmed by designer Ben Pentreath.
The photograph for the new Prince and Princess of Wales’ 2020 Christmas card was taken in the garden of Anmer Hall.
The couple and their kids were also seen playing in the home’s huge garden in a video to celebrate their 10-year wedding anniversary.