The hot spot seemed the perfect place for Yuletide-loving royalists. But, as with the Eiffel Tower in Beijing and some of the most picturesque windmills in the Netherlands, there was much less to it than first met the eye ...
Name: Buckingham Palace Christmas market.
Age: Brand new this year.
Appearance: Fantastical.
Really? A Christmas market? At Buckingham Palace? Yes: broad paths lined with wooden huts, festooned with lights and Christmas trees, “a beautiful winter wonderland atmosphere” – all within the forecourt of the royal palace.
