- The broadcast of the royal Christmas message has been a tradition for many years.
- Charles III is the first monarch to address the British public on television.
- The tradition was started by his great-grandfather, King George V, in 1932.
The broadcast of the royal Christmas message has been a tradition for many years, but King Charles III is the first monarch to address the British public on television.
This custom was started by Charles III’s great-grandfather, King George V, on December 25, 1932, when he spoke to the UK and the British Empire in a radio address on the BBC Empire Service.
According to the media outlet, Sir John Reith, the network’s founder, had sought to persuade George V to give a speech but the monarch had resisted giving him further prominence. Rudyard Kipling, the famed British author and author of The Jungle Book, was eventually persuaded to write the speech, and he was eventually persuaded to do so.
With a few minor deviations over the years, George V’s inaugural Christmas speech became an annual tradition due to its popularity.
In 1952, Queen Elizabeth II gave her first speech while seated at the same desk her father and grandfather had used. Queen Elizabeth II delivered the first Christmas speech to be broadcast on television in 1957.
With subsequent technological advancements, including broadcasts in colour starting in 1967 and for the first time in 3D in 2012, 63 televised Christmas addresses were produced.
Now, King Charles has created history by giving the first address on television. A Christmas Day King’s Speech has never before been shown on British television.
A special tribute to his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away, is included in his first-ever holiday speech as the King of the United Kingdom, making it a historic message. In the UK, it will be broadcast on BBC One, BBC Two, ITV One, and Sky One. The broadcast will go place at the customary time of 3:00 PM UK time.
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