The Queen has a lot of Christmas shopping to do, with a hefty total of eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren she has lots of decisions to make.
One of Her Majesty's former butlers, Paul Burrell has revealed the unique technique she uses to do her shopping over the festive period.
He reveled The Queen always chooses "practical gifts that can be used – never ornaments or decorative things."
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He told Closer magazine: "Firstly, she has catalogues sent to her, and then the Oxford Street branch of John Lewis sends her a selection of almost everything they stock.
“There is a little ‘shop’ set up in the drawing room at Windsor Castle and the Queen can pop in and choose gifts at her leisure.
"Late at night, after dinner, usually around 10pm, she’ll pop into her little Christmas shop and do some shopping."
Paul continued: “The Queen always chooses practical gifts that can be used – never ornaments or decorative things.
"So she might pick some picnic plates, a tablecloth, or a couple of hand towels.
"Then they are wrapped up and a truckload of presents are ready to go to Sandringham.”
Despite this intriguing present-buying technique, the Queen's family members may have to wait a bit longer than they hoped to receive their royal gift.
This is following a recent revelation that the Queen's annual pre-Christmas party for her wider family, which was due to take place on Tuesday, has been cancelled.
The monarch was weighing up whether to hold her traditional family get together next week but she has decided to shelve plans with coronavirus cases worse than ever.
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