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Dec 1960 - Buckingham Palace, London
The Queen delivers her 1960 Christmas Broadcast from Buckingham Palace. The Christmas Broadcast dates back to 1932, when King George V spoke on the 'wireless' to the Empire from a small office at Sandringham. The time of the broadcast was 3.00pm, chosen as the best time for reaching most of the countries in the Empire by short waves from the radio transmitters in Britain. The broadcast has kept pace with modern technology. The Queen began her reign by making her first Christmas speech on live radio in 1952. The first televised message, in 1957, was also live. From 1960, the messages were recorded in advance so that the tapes could be sent across the Commonwealth for transmission at convenient times. From 1999 it has been possible to watch and listen to the broadcast on the World Wide Web. Since 2007 Her Majesty’s Christmas Broadcast has also featured on the Royal You Tube channel. © Press Association
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