Plus, costumes worn by the Queen and Princess Margaret as teenagers during wartime Christmas pantomimes are on display.
The royal family certainly knows how to deck the halls. Case in point: new photos of Windsor Castle, all dressed up for the Christmas season. Last week, while Americans were enjoying Thanksgiving dinner, Historic Royal Palaces decorated the nearly century-old royal residence for the holidays, putting up Christmas trees, twinkling lights, and festive garlands.
In addition to the impressive 20-foot-tall Norwegian spruce located in St George’s Hall, which requires two full days to decorate with thousands of lights and hundreds of ornaments, this year's festive furnishings also include a display of costumes worn by Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret when they performed in holiday pantomimes during World War II.
Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret performing in a royal production of the Christmas pantomime ’Old Mother Red Riding Boots’ at Windsor Castle, in December 1944.These performances, which are said to have been Princess Margaret's idea, were written and produced by Royal School headmaster, Hubert Tanner, one a year from 1941 to 1944. The first production was
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