24-12-2022, 08:45 AM
(24-12-2022, 12:53 AM)James2001 Wrote: Worth pointing out that this year will be the first properly televised King's speech, as the last one in 1951 was radio only (though I think simulcast on TV in audio only). There wasn't video until 1957.
Yes but technically that's the Royal Christmas Message, which makes it gender neutral (though i suspect that's been sort of lost due to the length of the reign of The Queen).
The first TV pre-recorded message was 1959. The monarch used to do these live (apart from George VI's last one which he did record in advance).