It was Queen Victoria's German-born husband Prince Albert who first introduced Christmas trees to England. In 1841 he put one up in Windsor Palace, word got around and the custom filtered down ...

In the same vein that we’ll be dressing our trees, our homes and every crevice ... Which is where ye olde faithful Christmas dress comes to the fore.

She even decorated her Christmas tree with silver and gold hummingbirds and teal blue ornaments, which she matched in photos posted to Instagram with a similar teal blue dress with red ribbon motifs.