The video, filmed on Thursday (December 5), documents the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree's switch-on ceremony after the gift from Norway was criticised as "sparse" and "embarrassing" online.

Ruth Bush, the Lord Mayor of Westminster Councillor, addressed those doubts.

“This is not a British tree, this is not an American tree. This is a Norwegian tree. Therefore it doesn't look like a British tree, it doesn't look like an American tree. It looks like a Norwegian spruce... this is a beautiful tree," Ruth said.