I wasn't being entirely serious.
I expect that all trees that size in public squares have branches hammered into them to make them look half decent, I can't imagine there's a sensible way of transporting a tree from northern Norway to London (or any similar distance) that wouldn't either...
Isn't that the tree that Norway gift us every year as thanks for our support during the Second World War?
I expect it'll shape up once it's up properly. It'll have been on a flat bed truck for about a week.