Queen Victoria spent her childhood Christmases at Kensington Palace. Although it was Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, who started the tradition of displaying a tree at Christmas, it was Victoria and Albert that are said to have popularised many of the traditions that we hold dear today. An excerpt taken from Victoria’s diary on 24 December 1840 tells us how the family celebrated Christmas, “I then arranged the present tables for Albert & Mama, with 2 fine Christmas trees, in my large room, a

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