King Charles will address the country on Christmas Day in a tradition that began 92 years ago. His first Christmas broadcast, in 2022, was filmed in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth who was laid to rest there.
![[Queen Elizabeth filming her Christmas address in Sandringham with the original microphones used by her grandfather by her side]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/11/06/16/91764349-14049599-image-a-13_1730911966649.jpg)
It was the first Christmas speech made by a male monarch since Charles's grandfather, King George VI delivered a pre-recorded message in 1951. Though the concept remains the same, the current monarch's speeches are very different to the very first read by George V in 1932.
![[A clipping from the Daily Mail in 1932, reporting on the King's first ever Christmas broadcast]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/11/07/11/91764067-14049599-image-m-21_1730977662083.jpg)
Sat in a small room in Sandringham that provided better sound quality and reportedly calmed the King's nerves, George V gave his first ever Christmas broadcast. The Daily Mail's coverage of the momentous occasion at the time called it the 'world's most thrilling broadcast'.
![[The Queen pictured after her Christmas Day television broadcast in 1957]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/11/07/10/91764501-14049599-image-m-18_1730974706051.jpg)
King George V giving his Christmas broadcast from Sandringham back in 1934. Queen Elizabeth filming her Christmas address in Sandringham with the original microphones used by her grandfather by her side. 'Reception was very good in this country and excellent reports have been received from overseas,' the Mail reported.
![[The late monarch in the Blue Drawing Room of Buckingham Palace recording her Christmas Day message in 2013]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/11/06/16/91764403-14049599-image-a-14_1730911980897.jpg)
It was a huge step in connecting the monarch to the rest of the world. An estimated 20 million people tuned in to hear the King's Christmas message during which he spoke of 'the marvels of modern science' that allowed him to be heard by so many. 'I speak now from my home and from my heart to you all,' he said. 'To men and women so cut off by the snows, the desert, or the sea, that only voices out of the air can reach them.'.
![[Elizabeth pictured after recording her Christmas speech in 2018 in the White Drawing Room of Buckingham Palace]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/11/07/10/91764433-14049599-image-a-19_1730974760871.jpg)
