American Reacts to Queen Elizabeth II - Her First and Last Televised Christmas Messages 1957 & 2021
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- In this video I react to the first and last televised Christmas broadcasts from Queen Elizabeth II. I thought these messages were inspiring, uplifting and a great way for The Queen to connect with the British people.
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I am 59 years old. Queen Elizabeth had been there all my life. I never considered myself as a Royalist, but I wept like a child when she passed. I have no reason why. I never met her, I never really followed the BRF, but She was always there, a steadfast rock that was ALWAYS there. I really miss The Queen, somehow She touched my heart. God save The King.
Well said. I am an 80 year old Englishman and my heart will never heal before I too pass on.
I miss her too. I was in the military and was lucky enough to curtsey to her in uniform and talk to her. She will always be MY boss
Same!
28, and never been a fan of the royals ever. But, the queen really did hold it all together somehow.
The power of the late Queen was that she rarely let people see her personality. The more people know about someone the more reasons people can find to dislike them. That is why the James Bond and Paddington moments were so huge, because the veil was briefly lifted.
An amazing woman that was incredibly intelligent and had a razor sharp sense of humour. We never really saw how down to earth she was. Elizabeth was certainly the bridge between past royals and a new more modern royal family.
That's an interesting point. For various reasons we knew a lot more about King Charles and his interests many years before he became king. I think the late Queen had a sense of mischief. When a Saudi monarch visited she personally drove him around one of the royal estates, at a time when women in Saudi Arabia were not allowed to drive.
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When you think also that due to her time during and after the war she learnt a lot about car mechanics and was quite skilfully able to service her own Landrover. She’d think nothing of changing tyres or doing and oil change when at Balmoral.
@@John-nc4bl Because we are lucky enough to live in a democracy you are entitled to hold this opinion. I of course, am entitled to completely ignore it.
@@Jjudes9665 in b4 me, Judith!
The Queen's speech you need to see is the one she did when COVID struck, it was the best speech by a world leader by some margin.
It was very inspiring
Totally agree. We were in the grip of COVID and it was a very scary time. We saw The Queen was going to address the nation and sat down to watch it. She was a steadying hand. She said things will get better and you believed her. We just had to dig deep and we'd get through it. She was right. I felt better after listening to her. RIP.
@@Fiona-fi She also said "we will meet again" just like the Vera Lynn song very poignant
When she said “we will meet again”. Literal goosebumps
One of the best people in all of history and best Heads of State of all time.
Queen Elizabeth II we miss you.
When queen Elizabeth II was crowned on 2 June 1953. Aged 25. She took a pledged and oath to honour her country and her people. and I think she kept those words till she passed away. may Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip who are finely together again. rest in eternal peace 🕊️ 🕊️. from UK 🇬🇧👍👍
Minor detail but she was actually 27 at the time of her coronation. Still very young to take on such an important role.
She actually made that public vow on her twenty-first birthday, before she married Philip and before she became Queen.
@@peterc.1618 With two kids in two as well.
I'm not ashamed to say I shed a few tears watching what was her last Christmas broadcast. God bless her. x
Not everybody in the UK is a Royalist. Personally, I couldn't give a toss About any of the. Royal family. They all are elitist, entitled pricks. Have no place in the modern world.
Me too especially because she lost Philip and looked so frail 😢
So gladl it wasn't just me. I wondered why I just couldn't stop the feeling and the tears. God Save the King.
me to got really sad at the end :(
@@vezhopkins714 but her memory lives on and will long after after all off us xxx
These messages are always broadcast at 3pm on Christmas Day, and traditionally everyone sat around to watch them live. However, the world has changed, lots of people don't care, and many watch by streaming later in the day. The Queen always had a strong sense of duty, and a deep personal faith, both of which she upheld throughout her reign. These broadcasts were an important moment of making us feel as one nation, as she spoke to each of us of hope and unity in the face of whatever troubles face the country that year. It will seem strange to see the King's first Christmas broadcast this year.
It will be so strange not having her this Christmas especially for her family, but it’s a nice time to remember and reflect on her life. I am looking forward to King Charles first Christmas speech, no doubt the queen will be the main focus xxx 🎄🎄
The King can rely on a vast reservoir of goodwill built up by her Majesty . Especially in these troubled times she will be sadly missed .
@@DavidSmith-cx8dg An amazing legacy not to be treated lightly.Peace keepers do an amazing job in whatever form.The Queens faithfulness in this was astounding.
To many of us HMTQ was like a second mother to us. Steady, loyal, taking up her role without complaint, she was a constant anchor for us, the one person we could rely on to lead us in good and bad times with no political bias, to be an example of what we all could be.
She wasn't my. Second mother
@@John-nc4bl I give up with you. That's your own opinion - no doubt shared by a few other anti-monarchist republicans. But I'd far rather have our system of democratically-elected government - who serve the country with the monarch as a stable and steady Head of State, rather than some short-term president who could, potentially, turn us into a totalitarian regime like Hitler did in Nazi Germany. Give me our system any day!
@@londo776 She wouldn't have wanted to be.
@@londo776 ok meagain
Thank you Steve for this. It has just made me think once again about what we have lost in our wonderful Queen. May she rest in peace.
who really cares an old lady(her family of course) dying she's had no relevance to me at all
@@londo776 That's handy because you have no relevance to us either.
@@simonsaunders8147 what's with this rubbish about worshiping the royal family like gods, i generally want to know why
@@londo776 I find it easier and more correct to treat everyone with respect. No kow-towing going on here.
Of course The Queen was a Demi goddess, anointed to rule
If you've never seen the Colin Firth movie The King's Speech, that is a great film which centres around the fact that the Queen's father, King George VI making his message (on the radio). It was a particular challenge for him, given that rather than the Christmas Day message - he has to make a national radio broadcast to upon the outbreak of World War 2 - and the King himself had a speech impediment which he was extremely self conscious about.
Elizabeth became Queen due to events beyond her control, namely the abdication crisis. The course of her life took a dramatic turn when she was just ten years old.
too right that film is so so good, have watched it more than once.
@Dan ... Also telling of character is the fact that his elder brother Prince David
( who abdicated as King Edward VIII ) bullied him and made fun of his stammer., making it worse !
Yeah Kings Speach is a great movie. Watched it several times
I’m crying silent tears for the loss of that most magnificent and gracious woman, our Queen Elizabeth II…..
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@@John-nc4bl it’s my decision to whom I choose to ‘idolise’ - not yours - so my idea would be for you to get down from your metaphorical high horse and try to refrain from spouting dictatorial clap trap at people you neither know or indeed care about…. Just saying …. 🤔🤫
@@londo776 why? Why are you a cretin?
@@londo776 Why reply? If So you like making people miserable, especially when you know that they are. No wonder people have to drink or take drugs just to survive.
I know 😢what you mean I still miss Her
The Queen's speech was so important to us. Always infused with hope and things we could all relate to. Always about family, her own and the larger UK and Commonwealth family. She made an unprecedented extra speech to us during COVID. Check it out, so comforting and reassuring. You will see the sense of connection we felt with her.
The queen was continuity, when the world was falling apart she was still there encouraging us through it.
One thing that always gets me about the Queen's broadcast in 1957 is just how on point it still is today.
She was a remarkable lady. I think the World is a better place for her having influenced it, for sure. I hope King Charles will also hold true to the values so gracefully embodied by his Mother. He has his work cut out! God Save The King. 🇬🇧
An example of leadership by example , the content of her speeches , always optimistic and inspiring , that people of different circumstances can relate to . She will be sadly missed .
We should have listened!
@@SteveWalkey One thing that you can definitely say about Charles is that he has been aware of the impending climate crisis longer than most. He was ridiculed for a long time, but has been proven right.
@@SevCaswell You're totally spot on there, at least that's the public perception of him. I hope he lives up to his reputation on that, and many other positive things! Merry Christmas to you and yours. 🎄🎅 🎁 🇬🇧
She was the glue that held us together, sadly missed . R.I.P
Crikey - tis had me crying .She was a, Gloriana who truly gave her heart - from.the first to the last .As Paddington said - " Thank you ,Ma'm - for everything " 💚
Coming from an outsider such as yourself, I think you gave a valued and balanced assessment of the Queen, thank you!
i agree
Watched the Queens Speech at Christmas for the last 50 years..Still can't believe she is gone..R.I.P. our beloved Queen 😢 💔 🇬🇧
ffs get on with your life.
@@John-nc4bl No idolatry here - stop exaggerating.
Thanks for the respect you have shown Steve. It's a great shame that the New York Times lacks your dignity.
Yes i totally agree👍👍
Steve most definitely has a lot of British genes ! Good !
I am 53yes old I have only ever known Queen Elizabeth as the head of state , for me it's like I've lost my favourite Aunty it hurts , she has done so much for the people of the world , she is greatly missed.
I remember watching the first broadcast in 1957 as a 12 y/o . All the family gathered around a 17 inch screen and it was quite enthralling to see her talking to us .🇬🇧
This has made me miss the Queen all over again
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@@londo776 you are like a small child, why,why why mommy why. Get a life you sad git
It might help if you widened your vocabulary.
It was actually her Grandfather that did the first Christmas message, on radio as you say. Way back in 1932
Yes it was.
As an irish person i feel i have to clarify certain events that occured in ireland shortly after the british queen died. Football supporters in dublin mocked her death ,but this is in no way a reflection of the views of the vast majority of irish people,while she was never our sovereign and never wanted her or any monarch to be our sovereign,but she captured the hearts of the irish people on her state visit where she showed great dignity and respect to the irish nation and people particularly at the garden of remembrance and at dublin castle where she began her speech in irish.
This served to remind me how Great she was and how much she will be missed, God bless her ,a very hard act to follow.
I'm not going to miss her. I didn't even know her.
@@londo776 How old are you? 12?
@@Paul-hl8yg As I said. Complete Entitled. pricks all of them. I'm a citizen, not a subject.
@@londo776 Apart from being a professional jerk and provocatively rude (I'd say just for the hell of it) I doubt that you know much about anything that's either worth knowing or is known by the more decent examples of humanity that you could never claim to be.
@@aidencox790 so what's wrong with calling the royal family unelected inbred entitled pricks
The Queen was very dear to many of us, her compassion, her faith, her honesty, her hard work, there are few people in this world that can inspire you to be a good person, Her Majesty was the exception, watch this video made me cry, not out of sadness but out of great pride, I hope now you can see why we say God save the Queen.
The queen's speech was a huge part of my childhood Christmases everything stopped at 3 in the afternoon to listen to her speech. Then we would have tea and settle down to watch TV.
I spent most of my Christmas's with my nan. As long as she watched the Queen's speech, she was happy and we could watch/do/eat what we wanted. :)
@@John-nc4bl Wtf?! Go away you freak.
I thought I’d shed all my tears for our late Queen but seeing that moved me. What I suddenly realised was I was born two months after the first speech
Thank you.
That was excellent to see HM The late Queen’s first Christmas Day Speech and her last Christmas Day Speech.
She kept her vow to dedicate her life to her country, the commonwealth and her people.
She was a very private person in public but she had an incredible sense of humour (you’ll get a sense of it in the scenes of James Bond at Buckingham Palace at the opening of the London Olympics and Paddington Bear during the Platinum Jubilee!).
She was also an amazing mimic! lol.
I've never missed the Queen's speech on Christmas Day, and since my family would've watched from the year I was born over 55 years ago, I can say I've probably 'watched' every one in my time alive. It's heart-warning that every year more people watch the Queen's speech on Christmas Day than any other television programme. It always tops the ratings.
Aw Steve thank you for this, it’ll be so different this year without the Queens speech on Christmas Day, I’m looking forward to King Charles speech this year. Look into The Duke of Edinburgh awards when you get a chance ❤
I pledged allegiance to God, Queen and country when I joined the Royal Australian Airforce and my heart cries for her. Bless my Queen
I did also, twice as a Special Constable and twice in the regular Police spanning some 30 years. I meant every single word including to 'well and truly serve our Sovereign Lady, the Queen.' I hope I did. May such a great Queen and Lady rest in eternal peace. Her duty is done and she never waivered - never to the end of her life. True and steadfast in our service. Bless her memory.
A wonderful woman, a fantastic Monarch.
Do you know she was?
Our Queen was one in a million, we will never see another monarch that cares about the country and commonwealth as much as she did, with a sense of duty, Queen Elizabeth II may be gone but for me, she will never be forgotten.
I am not sure if anyone else feels the same as I do, but the passing of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip was rather like loosing my grandmother and grandfather, they had just always been there.
RIP Queen Elizabeth II
RIP Prince Philip, Duke Of Edinburgh.
Hi, as an Australian we did watch the Queens Message most years and share the same traditions of the season accept it’s really hot. Thank you for sharing 👍♥️🇦🇺
very true thankyou
I loved her smile at the end of the 1957 speech
Yes so did I Helen, wasn't it beautiful
She must have been relieved it was over.
I watched a documentary which said that during that first Christmas speech she was very nervous. Prince Philip was in the room during her speech trying to make her feel more relaxed, at the end she looked at him and smiled
Check out her covid address, it was the best address from any head of state, it really helped a lot of us here to gather strength in the face of things. It was inspirational and compassionate.
so
@@londo776 Doesn't do anything for moral.In fact made me quite down again.
The Queen’s platinum jubilee marked the celebration of her reigning for 70 years on the throne as our Queen. She has been our longest reigning monarch.
As a legal secretary during the 1940’s/50’s my mum was the typist that typed up all Queen Elizabeth’s legal documents when her father died and she became the new reigning monarch to Great Britain and the Commonwealth. My mum also typed up her first Will and Testament as Queen. The Queen was a smart woman, very much bringing her family into the modern world. She was probably our most loved national treasure. King Charles will never rule quite as well as his mother did.💞🇬🇧
"King Charles will never rule quite as well as his mother did"... well, it's one Hell of a tough act to follow!
@@jamesdignanmusic2765
Yeah, like the saying goes. ‘The Queen has left him rather big shoes to try and fill!!’
@@Jjudes9665 By the way, while your mum was typing QEII's legal documents, my mum was acting as personal secretary to the man editing Winston Churchill's history of WWII!
It definitely won't be the same without our queen👑 on the television at Christmas 😢🎄🎁🎅
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Those Christmases messages, absolutely demonstrates how quickly our lives pass !
HMTQ absolutely demonstrates a real and true intention to serve. Not just the
UK, but the entire 54 Commonwealth countries !
I think you analysis of the change in relationship between Monarch and People is spot on. The "wind of change" as the old British Empire disbanded and the UK had to face an uncertain future was well captured by her speech writers and by her delivery. I am not a monarchist but love this contituity of history, her 1957 speech is still relevant today.
Another vote for you to watch her 2020 covid speech. I live alone and found the lockdown to be really hard. I found her words inspiring.
And we will miss her this year
So used to watch the Christmas message for so long
Thank you, Steve, for your perceptive and sensitive appreciation of our late monarch. There is a wealth of videos on TH-cam about her, do search there to find the information you need. The best ones are about her sense of humour, especially when she told some more unruly Commonwealth Heads of State “Will you be quiet please, I’m trying to make a speech here!”
You're right, she was family to us. She loved us all very much and we loved her.
Her message each year was for us a letter, like many send with Christmas cards letting us know how her year had been. We watched her children be born, grow up, get married, divorced, re married, we saw her become a Grandparent, Great Grandparent. She worried when her sons and grandsons went to war and when her home was destroyed by fire. We saw her morn the loss of her mother, father, sister, husband. We saw she was human and we loved her for it.
You should watch Trooping of the Colour 1981,she used to ride side saddle on her horse Burmese, she was fired at on the mall,the saying "keep calm and carry on" is very apt. You should check out her speech for covid 2020 April, it was inspiring. The platinum jubilee was June 2022 70yrs on the throne as Queen Elizabeth ll
You will never get to know the queen, I always remember our local minister used to go to Balmoral and would spend some time with the family. He always said how normal they were she would make beens on toast for them and Prince Philip her husband would done the marigolds and do the dishes. The thing about the queen was she understood service, commitment and she had a great sense of humour.
We know more about her children and grandchildren. I guess it would be very difficult for the royal family to maintain a facade of anonymity these days. A few years ago William, Kate, George and Charlotte were spotted in the crowd at a Norwich City v Aston Villa match.
I was really moved watching these 2 Christmas messages. I am 72 and remember waving a little flag at the roadside when she passed in her golden carriage at her coronation I remember the street parties and everyone was so happy.. she made a promise when she took over her father's place when he passed away, that she would serve the people until she died. She kept that promise, through thick and thin. She was a wonderful woman who was in a way humble in her ways she actually cared about her people and she loved her race horses and her Corgi's as well as her family .and her commonwealth.
God rest the Queen.
You have a lot to learn about our wonderful Queen. Merry Christmas to you and your family and enjoy catching up on the history of Queen Elizabeth II.
How can she be wonderful she is dead
@@londo776 Our Queen was wonderful all because you don’t agree doesn’t give you the right to be rude. He admitted he had a lot to learn.
As you will note at the start of her message, her grandfather, George V, started the Christmas messages on the radio, which was a new invention at that time. Her father, George VI, continued this tradition on the radio.
Christmas 1957 was my family's first Christmas at our East Sussex house - I was 5 years old. Sitting down to watch The Queen, at 3pm on Christmas Day, became our tradition, and one I have continued throughout my long and happy marriage.
We had to have Christmas dinner things all cleared away and washing-up done first!! After Her Majesty's speech, we could open our presents!
It was very moving watching her first and last speeches. Thank you. She will be missed and IS missed.
King Charles has big boots to fill.
Hi Steve. Thanks for this video. I have never seen The Queen's first Christmas Message before as I was only 2 years 11 months old at the time. We were living in ireland and didn't have a television. So life conspired against me.🤭 We would watch The Queen at 3pm every christmas day. This year The King. I have to admit that watching two addresses did have me almost welling up. I don't usually get emotional watching The Queen. I guess these two christmas messages have reminded me of the quality that this nation has lost. The last message belies The Queens 95 years, so sharp and eloquent.
Hard to watch without a lump in your throat .What a good idea to show her first and last messages on tv . The Christmas message was a regular event on radio but the new fledgling BBC tv brought the world into living rooms , yet she didn't forget that many people didn't have one . She did her duty to the very end , sitting alone at Prince Phillips funeral because of vivid restrictions and saw in a new PM. on the last day of her life .
She will be sadly missed and the new King Charles will broadcast this Christmas day ,he has a difficult job , but a vast reservoir of love and affection built up by his mother to draw on .
Sorry - covid restrictions
Thank you. Go back to when she was young and you will find out how down to earth she was. She was also a mechanic in the war. She was a great person. ❤️
I sit here again with tears in my eyes, yes the Queen was our great mother or grandmother figure. Most of the British are strongly linked with the monarch, our Queen or King. As Her Majesty said, we look forward & now we wait for His Majesty the King to carry on the tradition of speaking to his people on Christmas day. I miss Our Queen, i sang in a choir in front of Her back in 1977, the Queens silver jubilee & i have always seen Our monarchy as a part of being British, of who We are as a people & nation. Although Our fellow Brits along time ago wanted their freedom to form a new nation named America, i always find it a shame that America was still not a part of the Commonwealth. It spreads the same values that Our nations share. Thank You for a great reaction Steve & your understanding of the humility the Queen had. I always look forward to your reactions & comments. 👍🇬🇧❤🇺🇸
Not everybody.
@@londo776 I said most which is true.
@@Paul-hl8yg Why the fuck do you think she's was your mother for? Are you Some Sort of idiot? Explain to me. Are you Legitimate son of the queen.
The message is timeless.
Christmas Day every year without fail, queen Elizabeth will be sadly missed never forgotten always in our hearts 🏴🇬🇧
You're very respectful of our Queen. Thank you.
Bless her , amazing lady the apitamy of duty and service right up until the end . She will be missed .
Thank you so very much for doing this. In this year of her passing, it was good to again hold her in my thoughts and heart. I am a citizen of the U.S. who, like you, has some roots in England and Ireland. I have just had this confirmed in the last year, so I am learning along with you, in some ways. Her Late Majesty was someone that I looked up to my whole life. This may sound odd, but I always considered her my Queen, too. May her Memory be Eternal!
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Peter Trabaris - what a lovely thing to say. She would, I am sure, be proud that you considered her your Queen too. We are very happy to share her with you.🙂
She was only a queen of a small part of ireland,the rest of ireland became a republic effectively in 1937 qnd officialy in 1948.Please seee my early post where i explain the relationship she had with the people of the Irish republic.
@@londo776 You ask why what? At least complete your question if you actually have one. What a sweet and clever little person you are, aren't you. There's no doubt that you think so anyway. I can only pity you for your rude ignorance and arrogant self-righteous shallowness and nastiness.
@@gallowglass2630 No need to explain anything boy, most of us went to good schools.
Wonderful woman,inspiring.
I simply loved her.
So proud to call her my Queen who is so missed, but as she stated..."look forward with confidence.....",and so we are in her son Charles 111,God Save The King.
Ok I must be feeling some type of way bc tears were flowing throughout this. Imaging our past, present and the future, and how things have changed so much.. for good and bad. Very emotional.
agree as times now hardship we are trying and still to do to get us all through these hard times today
She was my Queen, and I her proud subject
Thank you for the powerful video. Have watched her messages for years. A real world leader for 70 years. Pray for her every night before retiring. God bless the Queen. Cheers mate! 🇬🇧😞👍🇺🇸
Queen Elizabeth was the only queen most of us in the Commonwealth have ever known. An extraordinary woman who cared about "her people".
Lovely reaction , Steve . She is greatly missed
not by me
@@John-nc4bl you ok hun ? 💊
We'll never see the like of her again...ever. God bless her and God save the King
Thank you for this & for your comments about our beloved Queen Elizabeth 🇬🇧
Oooh that bit at the end of the first speech where she looks to her right and her face is like that of a happy child just for a second. I briefly saw the woman that price Philip loved and how much she loved him 😊❤
I only saw the first Xmas message the other day. Never has it been mentioned at just how good she was at speeches, especially doing it in front of a camera, following a written format to her side. She rarely took her eye of the camera and managed to remember literally every word, apart from the little glimps here and there.
2:11 - It was Christmas Day at 3pm, every year on christmas we always watched her message before opening presents under the tree.
I will miss our Queen and her Christmas speech where, after lunch, we all gathered around our TVs to hear her words. I mentioned it to my family and they feel the same way.
And we loved her....
I never have seen the first thank you ❤️❤️❤️
One of the Queens most well known statements was....i've got to be seen to be believed.....and this was alluded to at the start of this message.
Oh damn it! You made me cry 🤣🥺😢 Great video, thank you.x
I had a few tears also..the Queen was so loved and was a little part of us all. God bless her, now safely reuinted with her beloved Philip.
Brilliant video thanks 😊👍
2022 will be the first year that my mum won’t be here and nor will the Queen. How things change forever so quickly. Christmas 2021 was one to be savoured I now know.
The Queen writes her own speech and talked about things that mattered to her too. We gather In front of the tv like almost everyone in the U.K.!!
Geez, this was a beautiful video but like a baby sitting here with tears rolling down my cheeks. You never truly appreciate how much you love, has left us! I take comfort knowing that she is reunited with her beloved husband, who took her hand to paradise. There to be reunited with her much loved father, mother and sister, at last having the peace and comfort she really deserves! She was working right up until two days, before she died, she kept the promise she made to us all when she was 21, that no matter how long or how short her time may be, she promised to serve and carryout, her duties to our country and that of the commonwealth countries. I’ve only ever known having the Queen sitting on the Throne and I am 69 years of age. It’s still raw and still hurts that she passed over. King Charles III has a difficult task following in her shoes but we will be loyal and support him, as we did for his beautiful mother, RIP ma’am, your work here on earth is done but know, you will never be forgotten by those of us who lived are lives, with you always in it. God Bless You and God Bless King Charles III, together with the loyal Royal Family Members, who will carry on your work, just as you know they would!
RIP Queen Elizabeth your duty is done thank ♥️
It is true she was the nations grandma.....She had been there for so long it almost felt like she would be there forever.
She wasn't mine. My grandma died a few years ago.
@@londo776 Always has to be one doesn't there...just go away. I had two myself that also passed away so just do one!!
@@londo776 Hope you showed your grandma respect as you don't appear to have or show any respect for others including our late Queen.
@@susanashcroft2674 why should I
@@londo776 Run along little boy. Time to stop throwing your toys out of the pram and respect that others can have opinions too. Don't bother replying or highlighting your comments .
Thanks for this Steve, sat here in floods of tears. It's a strong tradition that we stop what we are doing on Christmas day to watch the Queen's speech. Now the King's speech on Sunday.
Hi Steve i hope you and your family are well and would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a very merry christmas and all the best for 2023. Happy holidays, Take care and stay safe. 😘🏴🇺🇸🎄⛄️🎁🥶 you have fast become one of my fave youtube channels that cover british things. ❤️
Thanks Alison. I hope you and yours have a merry Christmas and happy New Year as well. I can't believe we've almost reached 2023. This year flew right on by.
R.I.P our beautiful Queen 👸 you are missed😭I always watch the Queens speech and when my grandmother was alive she always used to stand up 🫡
Thanks for sharing this, I had not seen the first speech. Very touching
She was a great Queen. A superb Ambassador for this country. When the world of politics froze and countries could not move forward, she was often able, as a non political figure, to step in and start the process of building bridges. When her father died he had started to build the Commonwealth of Nations. When he died, 8 countries had joined the 'Club'. By the time she died, 56 countries had joined. She knew every leader, their families - even their children's names - and had a breadth of knowledge about their countries and its politics over a great span of time, so was able to talk or just listen to the problems/current situations each were facing. The leaders knew her well enough too to tell her their opinions of our Government(s) too. She bought swathes of land all round the World and planted local trees to do all she could to repair deforestation in a bid to prevent climate change. As Head of State most leaders of the World, friend or foe, were invited on State visits, which she and her family hosted - to advance our understanding of the country and theirs of us. She inspired great loyalty from our military. Was Head of our Church. Most of all, though, she protected our Laws and Constitution. She always had the support of the majority of the people. Mostly around 80%, though there were times when it dipped lower for a while. She held the UK together.
On the 25th, 50th, 60th and, finally, 70th Anniversary of her reign she 'threw a jubilee party,' for the whole of the UK. The final one, her was in June of this year. We had four days of Celebrations. After Covid it felt like a release. If you would like a glimpse of what when on, see: 'Platinum Jubilee Highlights from the Queen's Four Day Celebrations', (about 20mins). Your daughter, as a fan of Paddington Bear, would like (so would I) 'Ma'amalade Sandwich your Majesty' which is covered, but not in full, in the Jubilee highlights video. You might like 'Happy and Glorious' from the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. The Queen planned and took part in both 'skits', secretly - without even her family knowing . It gives us a glimpse of our Queen we didn't often see. Each are just a few minutes.
I would like to wish you and your family a very Happy Christmas and the very, very best for 2023. Thank you for all the hours and hours you spend finding and hosting videos for us to watch with you. It's greatly appreciated, especially when, behind the scenes, there must be many frustrations dealing with on-line programmes being blocked, machines not working etc. etc. So it's great you keep on going!
Amazing that the Queen's 1957 message is still so highly relevant to today. I loved the cheeky little grin to one of the technicians as she completed the (live) broadcast
That made me cry again.
Wow! That was powerful and emotional - I actually cried.
The Queens speech 15:00 Christmas day. In 17 months we lost two amazing people, in our Queen and the Prince consort may they both rest in peace.
The Queen’s speach was alway broadcast on Christmas Day at 3pm so you had to have had your lunch so you could sit down and watch
It was very strange this last Christmas when she wasn’t there
The queen had a good sense of humour. There was a story told by one of her aids during her funeral ,
they where once staying at Balmoral castle. The queen was out walking around the estate with this aid and they came across a couple of American Hikers , they got talking the queen saying she was on holiday but she lives in London , conversation turns to the queens estate and they asked if this old lady had ever met the Queen , she responded no but this young man has they than passed a camera to the queen to take a photo of the hikers with this guy. Later the aid took a photo of the hikers with this little old lady. After they departed the Queen says to the aid can't wait for them to get home and show the photos to their friends.
HI STEVE
DEBRA HERE FROM SOUTH WALES UK
ROYAL CHRISTMAS BROADCAST
I firstly would like to wish King Charles III best wishes with his first, and I hope of many to come, Christmas Day broadcasts, as he has vee big shows to fill.
King George V (reigned 1910 - 1936) may have began the tradition of giving a Christmas Day broadcast to his subjects of the British and Empire in 1932, but it was his granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II, (reigned 1952 - 2022) who did the first televised broadcast 25 years later.
The broadcast is on all the main channels at 3:00 p.m. on Christmas Day and usually lasts for around 15 minutes.
Our late Queen was an excellent teleprompter reader just could not tell that she was using one, as she did when she was a lot younger she did try to memorise the speech.
Don't forget in the early days the broadcast was live these days the broadcast is recorded, a few days in advance.
As a family we always watched the Queen’s Christmas Day message at 3pm on Christmas Day.
Which I have continued to do, so it will be poignant to watch King Charles this year.
I have never seen the first Christmas message so Thankyou for sharing
The Queen can never be replaced. She was simply the most extraordinary person. She more than filled...magnificently....an extraordinary role. She provided us with long continuity, the highest standards and an unerring morality by example. We loved her and revered her, and she has left us with a huge hole in the heart of the nation and the Commonwealth. Rest in peace, Your Majesty.
The late Queen gave her Christmas message on Christmas day every during mid afternoon. People for the first and last time saw the Queen not only as a Queen but also as a person with feelings, emotions, her heart and her care for the people she governed. She also was, as was evident, deep in her religious faith - she was indeed a great woman of the world.
Did you notice that she used "Happy Christmas", rather than "Merry Christmas", as most are used to? That is part of the "Queen's English", a higher (and older) form of British English.
Brought a tear to my eyes...bless her still can't believe she has gone 😢 💔 RIP your majesty 🙏