15 Ways to Hit the Slopes Like the Royal Family

A ski resort offers a dreamy Winter wonderland backdrop for any big celebration, and the royal family have certainly made the most of that over the years.

Prince Charles took a group of family and friends including William, Kate, and Harry to the Swiss resort of Klosters as a kind of bachelor party ahead of his 2005 wedding to Camilla Parker-Bowles, and in 2017, Kate attended her sister Pippa's bachelorette party in the French resort of Méribel.

Meanwhile, Harry, Princess Beatrice, and Princess Eugenie headed to Verbier in the Swiss Alps for an epic New Year's Eve celebration in 2011, and Prince Andrew celebrates his birthday most years in Verbier with his ex-wife Sarah and their daughters. In 2013, William, Kate, and Harry attended a friend's wedding in Arosa, Switzerland.

Prince Harry has been spotted skiing without poles in the past, but it's not the first time the royal rebel has upped the ante on the slopes. He has also tried snowboarding and been paragliding off a mountain in the Swiss Alps. William and Kate also have a need for speed and have been pictured whizzing around on a snowmobile together.

It's not just about fitting in a morning's skiing before a good lunch — William and Kate showed their playful side with an impromptu snowball fight on the slopes back in 2016.

Princess Diana always had fun when she was skiing and took the opportunity to try and knock over her friend Fergie during a press call in 1987.

Salopettes? Check. Ski goggles? Check. Comedy glasses/nose/mustache combo? Check! When Prince Charles headed off on his annual snow break in 1983, he planned for a little fancy dress fun, trying to fool reporters that he was a character called "Uncle Harry."

A young William and Harry were often pictured on sleds when they were on their family ski vacations.

It wasn't just the little princes who enjoyed sledding — their father, Prince Charles, often got in on the act too. Kate was even spotted sledding in the Swiss resort of Arosa in 2013.

On more than one occasion, Diana treated William and Harry to a carriage ride through the streets of Lech, Austria.

The royal family vacations with each other a lot — and they also like bringing their friends with them to make up one massive group.

Prince Charles and Princess Diana often took their annual ski break with Charles's younger brother Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah Ferguson, and later, William and Harry often looked after Andrew and Sarah's daughters Beatrice and Eugenie on the slopes. They also skied with another cousin, Zara Phillips.

Even as an adult, Harry vacationed with his uncle Prince Andrew and former Aunt Sarah in the Swiss resort of Verbier along with his then-girlfriend Cressida Bonas.

William has been spotted sipping a beer or a Calvados on the slopes, while Kate usually sticks with water to keep hydrated at high altitude. The pair has eaten out at many traditional Savoyard restaurants, and when they attended a friend's wedding in the Swiss resort of Arosa, the menu included the cheese dish raclette, lobster salad, veal steaks, and chocolate and raspberry mousse.

William and Harry both started skiing at a very young age, and the Cambridge kids are no different — Prince George had his first skiing lessons at the age of 3.

Klosters in Switzerland is Prince Charles's ski resort of choice, and he has been vacationing there for over 40 years. It's where William and Harry first skied, but following an avalanche in 1988 which killed one of their party — Major Hugh Lindsay — Princess Diana refused to go back, and the family switched their annual ski break to Lech in Austria.

However after Charles and Diana's divorce, Charles returned to Klosters along with William and Harry, and it was on the slopes there that William and Kate's relationship first become public when they were photographed kissing. The royals always stay at the Hotel Walserhof and have had nights out at the restaurant Casa Antica.

Diana always took her boys to the Austrian resort, where they stayed at the Arlberg Hotel.

Despite their divorce in 1996, Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson still own Chalet Helora in the Swiss Alps and usually vacation there every year together with their daughters and assorted friends.

Verbier has also become a favorite of Prince Harry, and he has vacationed there with ex-girlfriend Cressida Bonas as well as with his cousins Beatrice and Eugenie on more than one occasion. He has stayed at Chalet Helora in the past, but has also checked into the Hotel Nevai, and when it comes to nights out, he can take his pick of Public — which has a dress-up box, photo booth, and VIP area called The Sweet Shop — which is owned by his friend Guy Pelly, or La Vache, which is part-owned by his friend James Blunt.

Another of his favorite clubs there is the Farinet, which is also where Prince William revealed his dancing skills during a trip in 2017.

The resorts of Méribel and Courchevel in the French Alps have both been visited by William and Kate in recent years. Although William grew up splitting his time between Klosters with his father and Lech with his mother, he now seems to favor Méribel, which has always been the Middletons' favorite ski spot. He has been there with his in-laws on more than one occasion, and Kate returned for sister Pippa's bachelorette party in 2017.

William and Kate chose nearby Courchevel in 2016 for their first ski trip with George and Charlotte, where they posed for pictures at Chalet Lalisa. The couple ate at cozy chalet-style restaurant Le Pilatus, the superpricey La Soucoupe, and the mountain-top La Cave de Creux.