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The image featuring Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and their family celebrating brought the tree to a broader audience. The royal family was pictured gathered around an evergreen tree decorated ...
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days—which was longer than those of any of her predecessors —constituted the Victorian era .
In 1832, the future Queen Victoria wrote about her delight at having a Christmas tree, hung with lights, ornaments, and presents placed round it. [79] After her marriage to her German cousin Prince Albert, by 1841 the custom became more widespread throughout Britain. [80]
English: The Christmas Tree, surrounded by a family (not Victoria and Albert) The original, of which this is a copy, does show Victoria and Albert Godey's Lady's Book, alternatively known as Godey's Magazine and Lady's Book, was an American women's magazine that was published in Philadelphia from 1830 to 1878.
The influential 1840s image of Queen Victoria's decorated evergreen was republished in the United States. As the first widely circulated picture of a decorated Christmas tree in America, the custom there spread. [30] Christmas trees may be decorated with lights and ornaments.
The German-born Queen Charlotte introduced a Christmas tree at a party she gave for children in 1800. [52] The custom did not at first spread much beyond the royal family. [b] Queen Victoria, as a child, was familiar with it and a tree was placed in her room every Christmas.
Queen Camilla, a famous book lover, visits Sydney's Green Square Library on Oct. 22, 2024 in Sydney, Australia and Beth, the Queen's late Jack Russell Terrier, is depicted in a Christmas tree ...
Queen Camilla is already getting in the holiday spirit. Today, the royal family shared a rare glimpse of the 76-year-old’s Christmas tree at the home she shares with husband King Charles ...