While the sovereign’s Christmas address
often touches on personal topics, such as the birth of a new family
member, weddings, tours, or Jubilees, they often also discuss
worldwide events that affect everyone. In 2000, Queen Elizabeth
II’s Royal Christmas Broadcast opened with a nod to the
Millennium. Queen Elizabeth II said ”By any measure this
Millennium year has been an…
It would become one of the most important
speeches of a reign and of a century. When King George VI addressed
his people on Christmas Day 1939, the usual festivities were very
far from his and their minds. Instead, in the first months of World
War Two, King George spoke of…
For only the second time in history, a
jubilee became the main focus of a Christmas speech. In 1977, Queen
Elizabeth II’s 1977 royal Christmas broadcast was one of
celebration and hope. In 1977, Queen Elizabeth celebrated her
Silver Jubilee marking twenty five years…
The Christmas broadcast made by Queen Elizabeth II in one of her most difficult years
14th December 2024
Each year, the sovereign addresses the
nation on Christmas day and touches upon different events and
themes. In 1997, Queen Elizabeth II made one of her most difficult
Christmas speeches after one of her most difficult years. In August
1997, Diana, Princess of Wales tragically lost her life in a car
accident in Paris. Millions around the planet expressed their shock
and grief following her…
Norway's future queen joins important palace gathering for government ahead of Christmas
14th December 2024
Princess Ingrid-Alexandra of Norway has
taken a break from her work at the Engineer Battalion to join her
parents and grand-parents for a government lunch. King Harald,
Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit
hosted a Christmas lunch for the…
Infanta Sofia chooses symbolic outfit for first solo engagement
14th December 2024
Infanta Sofia of Spain visited an
exhibition of work from the first annual photography competition to
bear her name and made a strong and touching statement with her
wardrobe choices for the day. Sofia, 17, attended the
temporary exhibition for the competition which…
Diamonds for a queen and steel for a princess on sparkling night for Sweden's royals
13th December 2024
King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia of
Sweden hosted the annual King’s Dinner for Nobel laureates at the
Royal Palace in Stockholm. Following a sparkling turn out of tiaras
for the Nobel Prize ceremony the night before, the women of the
Swedish Royal Family chose four different tiaras – including two
debuts! Dazzling diamonds Queen Silvia wore Queen Sofia’s
Tiara, also known as the…
King Felipe and Queen Letizia's State Visit to Italy mixes politics, degrees and glitz
13th December 2024
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain
have completed a high profile State Visit to Italy. And amidst the
formal and constitutional events, there was glitz as they attended
a gala dinner. On the start of day one of the State Visit, the
Spanish King and Queen accompanied…
As we dive into different Royal Christmas
Broadcasts each day in December, we are able to see both personal
and public moments marked for the sovereign. Queen Elizabeth II
marked moments of family joy and public loss in 2015. The
spring of 2015 had brought great family…
The king who was overwhelmed by emotion in a Christmas speech marking an historic year
12th December 2024
While the Royal Christmas Broadcast is a
Christmas Day staple for many people now that it approaches its
hundredth anniversary, at one point it was still very new. The
first Monarch to speak was King George V, starting in 1932. King
George V had had to be convinced to give that first broadcast.
However, by 1935 he had become somewhat comfortable with the
technologically advanced holiday…
