LONDON (AP) — Searching for a gift for that special royal watcher in your life?
How about a Christmas stocking made from the drapes of King Charles III’s Sandringham estate and handstitched by a sewing circle at Dumfries House in Scotland, where the king’s charitable foundation works to preserve traditional skills and crafts?
Deftly tugging their needles through the royal fabric, members of the Dumfries House Sewing Bee recently put the finishing touches on the festive decorations, which will be auctioned off to raise money for the King’s Foundation. While the rain splattered against the windows of the 18th century mansion south of Glasgow, the women chatted amiably, hot drinks by their sides.
“It’s been absolutely great,” said Christine Wilson, 72, a retired finance officer. “It’s a great atmosphere in the sewing bee, a great group of friends, and we do a lot for charities as well.”
Wilson and her friends have created 25 of the stockings, each of which will be numbered to make them unique. The final stocking, No. 25, will be given to the king as a Christmas gift.
Proceeds of the auction, which runs through midnight on Dec. 12, will support the work of the foundation, which provides training in practical skills such as hospitality and animal husbandry for more than 15,000 young people each year.
“We hope that whoever is lucky enough to win one of the stockings at auction will pass it down as a family heirloom to be treasured for decades to come,” said Sarah McClymont, the lead tutor for the foundation’s Future Textiles initiative.
This is the third auction held by the foundation in recent years.
The project began in 2023, when the charity created a range of kimono jackets from curtains that once hung in Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.
In 2024, students from the furniture school at Highgrove Gardens, part of the king’s private residence in western England, crafted footstools upholstered with fabric from still more curtains that once hung at the palace and castle.
There’s no need to worry about the royal windows being stripped bare, though. Buckingham Palace alone has 760 windows, creating a near-limitless supply of gently used fabric.
Christmas stockings created by members of the King's Foundation Sewing Bee group, which have been made using curtains repurposed from the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, are hung from the fireplace in the Yellow drawing room at Dumfries House, which is part of The King's Foundation near Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)
CINCINNATI (AP) — Lamar Jackson threw for two touchdowns, Kyle Van Noy and Alohi Gilman teamed up for a 95-yard pick-6 and the Baltimore Ravens blanked the Cincinnati Bengals 24-0 on Sunday, the first time Joe Burrow has been shut out in his six-year career.
Derrick Henry rushed for 100 yards on 11 carries — his sixth game of 100 or more this season — as the Ravens (7-7) won their fourth straight road game and pulled within a half-game of Pittsburgh in the AFC North. The Steelers host Miami on Monday night.
Jackson threw first-half TD passes to Rasheen Ali and Zay Flowers and finished 8 of 12 for 150 yards. It was the first score of Ali’s two-year career.
Cincinnati was eliminated from playoff contention. Burrow — who vented his frustration about the Bengals' disappointing season earlier this week — was picked off twice as he completed 25 of 39 passes for 225 yards. Ja'Marr Chase had 10 receptions for 132 yards.
Midway through the fourth quarter, Burrow drove the Bengals to the Ravens 7. On third-and-goal, Burrow tried to avoid the rush of Baltimore linebacker Tavius Robinson when he was picked off by Van Noy at the 5. Van Noy handed it off at the 16 to Gilman, who went 84 yards up the right sideline for the first defensive touchdown of his five-year career.
It was the first time the Bengals have been shut out at home since their 2017 opener, which was also against the Ravens.
Baltimore took a 14-0 halftime lead by scoring on its last two possessions of the first half.
Ali went untouched into the end zone for a 30-yard score after Jackson beat the blitz of Bengals defensive end Myles Murphy and lobbed a short pass to the running back.
The Ravens extended their lead to two touchdowns with 23 seconds left in the first half on Jackson's 28-yard strike to Flowers in the back left corner of the end zone. Bengals safety Geno Stone was late on coverage as the Ravens took only 42 seconds to go 80 yards in five plays.
On the second play of the drive, cornerback DJ Turner had a potential interception deflect off his facemask at the Bengals 17 when Jackson overthrew tight end Mark Andrews.
Ravens: LB Teddye Buchanan (knee) left in the first half. CB Chidobe Awuzie (foot) and CB Marlon Humphrey (knee) were injured in the second half. Humphrey returned to the game.
Bengals: WR Charlie Jones (right ankle) came out in the second quarter.
Ravens: Host New England next Sunday night.
Bengals: At Miami next Sunday.
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Baltimore Ravens linebacker Kyle van Noy (53), with safety Alohi Gilman (12) running next to him, returns an interception during the second half of an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase (1) is unable to complete a pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)
Baltimore Ravens running back Keaton Mitchell (34) runs the ball during the first half of an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) reacts after being sacked by Baltimore Ravens linebacker Tavius Robinson during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)
Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers, left, makes a catch for a touchdown past Cincinnati Bengals safety Geno Stone (22) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
