No one tell Donald Trump but the next State Banquet at Windsor
Castle is set to be the most glittering of the year.
King Charles and Queen Camilla will welcome the President of
Germany, Franz-Walter Steinmeier, to the castle for a State Visit
on December 3 and that evening, they will walk into St. George’s
Hall looking at its finest.
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For King Charles has put the Christmas tree up in this most
famous royal room.
It’s a rather appropriate decoration for the German State Visit
as it was Charles III’s great, great, great, great, great
grandmother who introduced the Christmas tree to England from her
native Germany.
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Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz is the first royal known to
have brought a fir tree into her home in England and decorated it
for the season. Far more famously, her granddaughter, Queen
Victoria, became a fan of the Christmas tree and her family’s
devotion to the tradition helped to make it so popular across
England that it soon became an established tradition.
Both Victoria and Charlotte would be impressed with the efforts
of King Charles and Queen Camilla this time round. The main
Christmas tree in Windsor is a 20 foot tall Nordmann fir that
didn’t have far to travel as it was grown in Windsor Great
Park.
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It’s been decorated with over 3,000 lights and baubles in green
and gold.
The President of Germany will also be surrounded by festive
garlands as he sits down to his State Dinner. The strings of
foliage and flowers have been looped from the balconies around the
room.
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During his stay at Windsor, President Steinmeier might also get
a chance to see some of the other Christmas decorations now up at
the castle. The Crimson Drawing Room has been filled with another
tree, this one a mere 16 feet tall, and covered in more bright
baubles.
There are also beautiful garlands hanging in the Great Staircase
which is one of the first parts of the castle that visitors
see.
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Not all the decorations are big and bold. Christmas has also
come to Queen Mary’s Doll’s House where a tree measuring just 45cm
has taken up residence along with more garlands.
Once the German State Visit is over, Windsor Castle will reopen
to visitors with admission on Thursday to Monday and the decorations
up until January 5 2026.
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