The royal family has decorated Windsor Castle for Christmas and it looks like this 🔥

From Women's Health

• Due to the ongoing pandemic, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip plan to celebrate “quietly” at Windsor Castle.

• Windsor Castle is decorated down to the smallest detail this year with Christmas trees, sparkling lights and festive garlands.

• The centrepiece of the castle's Christmas decorations is a six-metre-high Norway spruce from Windsor Great Park.

Christmas Day will look a little different for the royal family this year. Due to the ongoing pandemic, there will be no annual walk to church service at St. Mary Magdalene's Church, and Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip will not spend the holidays at the Sandringham estate – breaking a decades-long royal tradition. Instead, the couple plans to celebrate “quietly” at Windsor Castle.

But even though the Queen and Prince Philip will have a quiet Christmas, it will still be festive. Windsor Castle is decorated down to the smallest detail this year with Christmas trees, sparkling lights and festive garlands.

The centrepiece of the castle's Christmas decorations is a 20-foot-tall spruce from Windsor Great Park. The tree stands in St George's Hall, the castle's largest room, and is adorned with 3,000 lights and hundreds of dazzling ornaments. From today, visitors to Windsor Castle can admire the stunning tree, which took Royal Collection Trust staff two full days to decorate.

As well as the spruce, other parts of the palace were also spruced up for the holidays. The State Dining Room now houses the Grand Service, a silver-gilt service commissioned by King George IV in 1806 (when he was Prince Regent) to mark the 200th anniversary of George IV's accession to the throne. The service, which consists of over 4,000 pieces, is still used by the royal family for state banquets today.

In other parts of the castle, Christmas decorations complement existing features. Garlands adorn the grand staircase, which houses some of the royal collection's most remarkable weapons and armor. In the Queen's Gallery, small Christmas trees line the room and stand next to rare silver furniture.

Finally, while the six-metre-tall spruce is the most impressive tree in Windsor Castle, it is far from the only one. Another Christmas tree stands in the Inner Hall, decorated with shimmering lights and ornaments. Created by George IV in the 1820s as a reception area for official guests, this room is now the first room visitors see when they enter the castle.

Anyone visiting the royal residence this Christmas should definitely stop by the castle's Undercroft Café. Only during the Christmas period, the restaurant serves a range of festive dishes, from turkey sandwiches to cranberry and orange eclairs.

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