Queen Elizabeth’s annual Christmas speech is one of the holiday events that people in the U.K. and the world are waiting for. It has become a tradition where families sit in front of the television to watch Her Majesty deliver her message of peace and goodwill.
This year, it will be no different as the Queen is expected to broadcast her address once again, on Christmas day. But while the public will surely be waiting for the British Monarch’s holiday speech, it was said that she is having a hard time writing one today due to a very tough year.
A royal insider revealed that the Queen is still at the first-draft stage of writing because of the election plus she also has to deal with many behind-the-scene issues at the palace so she is very down. Since she is quite depressed, surely composing a Christmas speech is not easy.
“We don’t know what the queen plans to say because we haven’t seen the speech yet,” the source revealed to Vanity Fair. “It’s still at a first-draft stage because of the election, but it probably hasn’t been the easiest speech to write. It has been a very difficult time behind the scenes, and morale is at a bit of a low.”
The Queen was dispirited by the scandals that the Royal Family has in 2019. There are family feuds that mainly involved Prince Harry, Prince William and their wives and recently, Prince Andrew was linked to the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. She just removed her son from royal duties after his disastrous BBC TV interview that was aired last month.
Her Majesty is also dealing with the issues regarding Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s seemingly cold attitude towards the Royal Family. Queen Elizabeth is supposed to include royal family highlights from the past 12 months thus it is understandable why she is finding it hard to write her speech.
The Daily Mail reported Queen Elizabeth’s biographer, Sally Bedell Smith, think that the 93-year-old Monarch will rely on Prince Charles in her lowest days such as in this period. It was said that she admires her eldest son and feels closer to him these days more than ever.
Meanwhile, the tradition of the royal Christmas address began in 1932. At that time, King George V held a radio broadcast on BBC's Empire Service and this practice has evolved and became part of the British Christmas Day celebrations.
The Queen started her Christmas speech in 1952 and this was aired through various channels including, the internet, television, radio and streaming sites. Now, millions of people worldwide watch her deliver her joyous address.
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