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A new king's Christmas pledge to his subjects

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6th December 2024
In 1937, King George VI made his first broadcast on Christmas Day.King George VI unexpectedly ascended to the throne in December 1936 after his elder brother, King Edward VIII, abdicated after less than a year as monarch. Given his shock and all of the upheaval, George VI did not make a Christmas broadcast in 1936. George was anxious about the broadcast as public speaking made him nervous…
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A Christmas address that brought people together in a time apart

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3rd December 2024
It was one of the most anticipated and historic speeches of a truly historic reign. On Christmas Day 2020, millions listened as Queen Elizabeth II spoke at the most difficult of times.The late Queen had seen Great Britain and the Commonwealth through many of the major moments of the twentieth and twenty first centuries. In 2020, she gave two televised addresses- the first in April and the…
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Queen Camilla's Christmas Day disaster revealed

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1st December 2024
Queen Camilla had one Christmas Day tradition that she was very pleased to leave behind and it involved the festive lunch.Her son, Tom Parker Bowles, revealed that, for several years while he was growing up, his family regularly got up on Christmas morning to find their oven didn’t work.Speaking to the Weekend magazine of the Daily Mail, he said that the family’s Aga used to go…
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The Princess of Wales speaks out for Addiction Awareness Week

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29th November 2024
The Princess of Wales has penned a message for Addiction Awareness Week, calling it “heartening to see that progress is still being made” to end the stigma of addiction.Catherine, who serves as Patron of the Forward Trust, wrote the message on behalf of her charity, which started Addiction Awareness Week in 2021.Catherine continued: “For too long, many have suffered in silence…
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