Theresa May says her Christmas Day plans won't change along with her job title

Since she sat down for Christmas lunch final 12 months, her profession has taken a big flip.

However Theresa Might is adamant her Christmas Day routine gained't change simply because she has develop into Prime Minister, and she's going to nonetheless tune into Physician Who and a 'good Agatha Christie' TV thriller.

The 60-year-old mentioned she's going to preserve to the identical traditions she has had for the final 20 years, beginning with a morning church service and drinks with buddies within the village.

Theresa Might is adamant her Christmas Day routine gained't change simply because she has develop into Prime Minister

She is going to then attend a lunch for the aged, which is placed on by the native church buildings in her Maidenhead constituency, earlier than going residence to prepare dinner her personal lunch.

Requested whether or not she has assist cooking lunch, she mentioned: 'No!  I all the time prefer to prepare dinner the Christmas meal myself. Nevertheless it gained't be turkey. For a number of years now we have now tended to have goose as an alternative.' 

'There's [a lot of fat], however in the event you preserve the fats, it makes great roast potatoes for fairly a very long time thereafter.'

Ready to open her presents till late within the day is one thing Mrs Might needed to get used to from a younger age, as a result of her father was a vicar.

She defined: 'All through my life I've been going to Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve and church on Christmas Day morning. As a toddler I needed to wait till my father had completed his companies earlier than I may open my presents.

'It felt like a really lengthy wait. Others I knew would be capable to open their presents very first thing within the morning.'

Within the night, she intends to loosen up in entrance of the TV, similar to hundreds of thousands of individuals across the nation.

She advised Radio Occasions: 'I all the time prefer to see Physician Who on Christmas evening, if doable, and a pleasant Agatha Christie to twist up with. David Suchet was a fantastic Poirot – he received him to a T.'

The PM mentioned she's going to nonetheless tune into Physician Who and a 'good Agatha Christie' TV thriller to cap off her Christmas evening this 12 months

Her style in tv extends to 'Scandi dramas', akin to Borgen and The Bridge, and he or she additionally 'likes Strictly [Come Dancing]', although she didn't watch a lot of Ed Balls as a result of her busy Saturday evening work schedules.

There will probably be no TV dinners, nevertheless, as she mentioned that she and her husband, Philip, 'don't are likely to eat in entrance of the tv'.

In her interview for the Christmas challenge of the journal, Mrs Might added that her early experiences of TV had been restricted to the BBC.

She mentioned: 'We may solely get the BBC. Then, sooner or later, my mom managed to jiggle the aerial and we received ITV and I noticed Robin Hood. That music and Richard Greene as Robin Hood actually grabbed me.'

On whether or not she had any feminine position fashions from TV, she mentioned: 'I loved watching The Avengers with Diana Rigg after which Joanna Lumley. However I don't assume I thought of it in these phrases.

'I've by no means had a feminine position mannequin – I've all the time simply received on with doing what I'm doing.'  

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