Vogue Williams and her pal Joanne McNally were full of the festivities as they hosted the Christmas lights switch on at Covent Garden on Thursday night. The TV star, 41, looked to be embracing a trendy version of Mrs Claus as she wrapped up in an eye-catching purple quilted winter coat with white fur cuffs and collar. And Joanne was also reunited with her Traitor pal Richard E Grant for the Christmas celebrations as he switched on the lights alongside Christine Baranski. Richard appeared in great spirits in a gold embroidered jacket and tartan scarf as he and Christine commenced the countdown. After pushing the all-important button, the pair illuminated the Covent Garden Market Building, the magnificent 50ft Christmas tree and 300,000 LED lights throughout the neighbourhood. The crowd then joined in a spirited rendition of Brenda Lee’s 1958 fitting Christmas classic, Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree. Vogue Williams wrapped up in a purple Mrs Claus-esque coat alongside Joanne McNally at the Covent Garden Christmas lights switch on on Thursday night And Joanne was also reunited with her Traitor pal Richard E Grant for the Christmas celebrations as he switched on the lights alongside Christine BaranskiJoanne also made sure to dress to impress for the event as she opted for a stylish leopard print faux fur coat, black PVC trousers and chunky black heeled boots.Speaking about the festivities, Richard said: ‘There is nowhere like Covent Garden, it is the heart of theatre land in London.’Within one square mile, you can hit about 30 theatres. It is absolutely unique.’Christine added: ‘For an American actress in the heart of London’s great theatre district, here in Covent Garden, I’m pinching myself. It’s really a thrill.The event marks the official start of Covent Garden’s seven-week festive programme and the beginning of holiday season. Joanne and Richard both starred in this year’s Celebrity Traitors, which saw the former believe the latter was innocent, even when Richard announced himself as a Traitor to the whole group in an epic show moment. And last month Joanne reflected on how ‘gullible’ she was in believing Richard was a faithful.While some stars like Joe Lycett led the charge at the round table, Joanne, 43, continued to defend him. The TV star, 41, looked to be embracing a trendy version of Mrs Claus as she wrapped up in an eye-catching purple quilted winter coat with white fur cuffs and collar Joanne also made sure to dress to impress for the event as she opted for a stylish leopard print faux fur coat, black PVC trousers and chunky black heeled boots Speaking about the festivities, Richard said: ‘There is nowhere like Covent Garden, it is the heart of theatre land in London’Ahead of the first banishment, Joanne explained why she put so much trust into Richard in her podcast with Vogue Williams, My Therapist Ghosted Me.She said: ‘I’m defending him to the hilt. When I say I have never believed something more than he was the faithful, it was wild.’He is the most unbelievable man. I believe all their lies. They look me in the eye and I believe their lies and then I go out and ride at dawn for them and I make a shell of myself.’Vogue told her: ‘I think it’s very sweet, but like it could not be more obvious that he’s a traitor because you’ve got nothing else to go on.’If he’d have said this in like episode three or something as a joke, but because he said it in episode one, it’s like, well, we can just think of other people being traitors, but we don’t actually know. At least this fella said something.’But Joanne told Vogue it is different watching it on the TV compared to when you are immersed in the game yourself.She said: ‘Vogue, you have not been looked in the eye by Richard and told that he’s a faithful. You haven’t. You haven’t, folk, I’m sorry you haven’t. No, sorry. You don’t know that experience. You don’t know how convincing he is. It turns out he’s a really good actor and turns out I am the most gullible human alive and I’m a male apologist.’