Queen Elizabeth's most memorable Christmas speeches over the years.
Every December 25, millions of people across the United Kingdom gather around their televisions to watch the Queen’s Christmas Broadcast . She speaks from her living room in Buckingham Palace, or sometimes Windsor Castle, for only a few minutes. But in those few minutes, she talks about herself, her family, and the Commonwealth. She may read a bible verse or a poem.
This Christmas marks the Queen’s 67th speech. Speaking from the Green Room at Windsor Castle, she commemorated the 75th anniversary of D-Day, and also the necessity of overcoming divisions. "The path, of course, is not always smooth, and may at times this year have felt quite bumpy, but small steps can make a world of difference,". Many interpreted these comments to address United Kingdom's current Brexit turmoil, as well as turmoil within the royal family.
“Each Christmas, at this time, my beloved father broadcast a message to his people in all parts of the world. Today I am doing this to you, who are now my people,” . ”My father, and my grandfather before him, worked all their lives to unite our peoples ever more closely, and to maintain its ideals which were so near to their hearts. I shall strive to carry on their work.”that June.
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