Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld – was familiar with Christmas trees before Albert made them a family tradition. The then-13-year-old princess wrote about admiring decorated trees on ...

Albert took a keen interest in arranging the family’s festivities ... The evolution from Victoria’s tree-centered celebrations to Charles' eco-conscious Christmases highlights the monarchy ...

Since Albert was a second son, he would have no inheritance and no occupation. The family conspired almost from his birth in August 1819, three months after that of Victoria, to link the first ...