The Queen's Christmas Broadcast 1952
25 December 1952
After her Accession on 6 February 1952, The Queen broadcast her first Christmas Message live on the radio from her study at Sandringham, Norfolk. In her message, she paid tribute to her late father, and asked people to remember her at the time of her Coronation the following June.
Full text of the Christmas Message:
"Each Christmas, at this time, my beloved father broadcast a message to his people in all parts of the world. Today I am doing this to you, who are now my people.
"As he used to do, I am speaking to you from my own home, where I am spending Christmas with my family; and let me say at once how I hope that your children are enjoying themselves as much as mine are on a day which is especially the children's festival, kept in honour of the Child born at Bethlehem nearly two thousand years ago.
"Most of you to whom I am speaking will be in your own homes, but I have a special thought for those who are serving their country in distant lands far from their families. Wherever you are, either at home or away, in snow or in sunshine, I give you my affectionate greetings, with every good wish for Christmas and the New Year.
"At Christmas our thoughts are always full of our homes and our families. This is the day when members of the same family try to come together, or if separated by distance or events meet in spirit and affection by exchanging greetings.
"But we belong, you and I, to a far larger family. We belong, all of us, to the British Commonwealth and Empire, that immense union of nations, with their homes set in all the four corners of the earth. Like our own families, it can be a great power for good - a force which I believe can be of immeasurable benefit to all humanity.
"My father, and my grandfather before him, worked all their lives to unite our peoples ever more closely, and to maintain its ideals which were so near to their hearts. I shall strive to carry on their work.
"Already you have given me strength to do so. For, since my accession ten months ago, your loyalty and affection have been an immense support and encouragement. I want to take this Christmas Day, my first opportunity, to thank you with all my heart.
"Many grave problems and difficulties confront us all, but with a new faith in the old and splendid beliefs given us by our forefathers, and the strength to venture beyond the safeties of the past, I know we shall be worthy of our duty.
"Above all, we must keep alive that courageous spirit of adventure that is the finest quality of youth; and by youth I do not just mean those who are young in years; I mean too all those who are young in heart, no matter how old they may be. That spirit still flourishes in this old country and in all the younger countries of our Commonwealth.
"On this broad foundation let us set out to build a truer knowledge of ourselves and our fellowmen, to work for tolerance and understanding among the nations and to use the tremendous forces of science and learning for the betterment of man's lot upon this earth.
"If we can do these three things with courage, with generosity and with humility, then surely we shall achieve that "Peace on earth, Goodwill toward men" which is the eternal message of Christmas, and the desire of us all.
"At my Coronation next June, I shall dedicate myself anew to your service. I shall do so in the presence of a great congregation, drawn from every part of the Commonwealth and Empire, while millions outside Westminster Abbey will hear the promises and the prayers being offered up within its walls, and see much of the ancient ceremony in which Kings and Queens before me have taken part through century upon century.
"You will be keeping it as a holiday; but I want to ask you all, whatever your religion may be, to pray for me on that day - to pray that God may give me wisdom and strength to carry out the solemn promises I shall be making, and that I may faithfully serve Him and you, all the days of my life.
"May God bless and guide you all through the coming year."
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There will never be another like her. Rest in peace your majesty.
May her soul rest peacefully
Her Majesty was youthful for 96 years and devoted to duty until the very end. Her legacy and spirit lives on in all of us. How blessed we are. God save the Queen!
@conmane3341
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Even before her death, she was healthier than my grandparents who were bedridden for years before they died
I miss her already 😭
My feminist Yankee mother love this woman, as she ascended her throne the year I was born. As an American, I am not a royalist. None the less, I found your Queen Elizabeth an inspiration of Hope and Progress all my life. Thank you for sharing this epitome of tact and grace with the world. Your expense for her lavish lifestyle was repaid with selfless duty and rare continuity you needed.
As if all be a script, She ends the message “as long as I shall live”. It’s happens that I watched The Prince Philip Memorial Service. The Queen was listening intently to the young woman who won the Duke of Windsor Award , and the priest who gave the sermon on the suited character make up of Prince Philip 70 years later. The Queen is everything She promised She said She would be and more. She has embodied Her vows to us through thick and thin all these many years. I cannot conceive a more resplendent Monarch, that I was born during this Reign to see Her is a perplexing miracle…….out of a billion billion odds, I forever am grateful to know of Her. +GSOGQ+
Her voice did not change much
Fascinating piece of historical radio archive
You are great your majesty. How kind you and your words. I daily pray to lord Jesus to protect you.
Wow this is so hard to find! Thank you for posting!
RIP Queen Elizabeth II and hope you will find more peace in heaven ⚰️🇬🇧👑👸👼⛅
She had wisdom beyond everyone, she understood that moving past Traditions of Country are dangerous... she promised herself to God and Her people, I so get it.
Su primer discurso de navidad en 71 años en el trono de mi ídola reina Isabel II
Not sure this was Queen Elizabeth II's first ever speech as Queen but it is certainly one of the first. She sounded very very young... RIP your Majesty
@anotherplanet5828
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First Christmas speech
@Robertdowneyukofficial
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It was her first Christmas speech. Her televised broadcast was on 13th October 1957 for Canada before she had her first televised Christmas speech for the UK
@tracyhodgkins7516
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This would be her first. It’s from 1952 the year she became Queen on the death of her father in the February of that year.
We’ll have a first Christmas speech from the king this year. It’s not gonna be the same 💔❤️
@The_Christian_Swiftie
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HM Elizabeth is with Jesus now
5:22 mission accomplished. GSTQ.
As The Queen invoked the prayers of those of all religions at 5:26, her Son's first Xmas broadcast 70 years later - in which He tipped His hat to all faiths as a celebration of light - should neither surprise nor offend anyone. It's a beautiful continuum which we can all celebrate. God Save The King.
Incredie to think back in 1952 Stalin is still leader of the USSR, the UK is fighting the Korean War, Mount Evarist still unconquered, King George V's Queen was still alive, the first ever H bomb test happened that year, Ian Fleming hadn't published his first Bond book yet and David Attenborough hadn't even started his wildlife filmmaking career at the BBC.....
RIP
Sad after her death
What happened to the FILMED record of this 1952 first radio broadcast of the Queen's Christmas message? I enjoyed watching it on many Christmases. Where is it now?
You're here after her death aren't you?
@poigv
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yup
@soylainglesaloca5308
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Sadly yes and remembering so much May she rest in peace😪🙏
Was she the youngest ever Queen to be crowned in England?
@pualamnusantara7903
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No, her great grandmother Queen Victoria was the queen when she was 18 in 1837. Queen Elizabeth II became queen when she was 25.
@h.calvert3165
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@@pualamnusantara7903 Elizabeth I was also 25 when she ascended the throne. And what a perilous, rocky journey that was! 👑
During this period he had not assumed the reign.
@sailorgallifrey1365
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Her reign started the second her father died.