Tradition dictates that all the staff at Buckingham Palace receive a Christmas pudding each year – but in 2017 luxury store Harrods was shunned for a supermarket alternative, namely from Tesco. An £8 ($11.10) Christmas pudding from their Finest range was distributed to each of the 1,500-strong team of staff, alongside a card from the Queen and the late Prince Philip thanking them for their service, according to a British newspaper.

A gift at Christmas is all fine and well, but What does the royal family pay its staff generally?

The British royal family’s surprisingly frugal habits