When senior castle attendant Neil Turner told the Queen how he slaved over the perfectly decorated tree, the monarch responded: “Yes, that is always the problem, is the children love knocking those [decorations] off.
“And the great thing is to make them decorate it, and they are a bit more careful.”
The Cambridge family’s Christmas plans have been thrown into disarray this year amid the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic.
Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis made their first appearance at the St Mary’s Magdalene Church on the Sandringham Estate on Christmas Day last year, and were expected to do so again this year.