Queen Elizabeth IIRoyal Christmas

A Millennium Christmas address for the faithful

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…
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A joyful Jubilee Christmas broadcast

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…
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The Christmas broadcast made by Queen Elizabeth II in one of her most difficult years

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…
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Diamonds for a queen and steel for a princess on sparkling night for Sweden's royals

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…
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The king who was overwhelmed by emotion in a Christmas speech marking an historic year

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…
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