Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Sign Up You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. Christmas broadcasts are a British tradition dating from 1932, when King George V, the current queen’s grandfather, delivered a three-minute Christmas Day message by radio. The queen gave her first radio Christmas message in 1952. In 1992, Britain’s largest-circulation tabloid daily, The Sun, published a near-complete transcript on Dec. 23, prompting a rebuke from the royal family, a leak investigation at the BBC, and the recording of an amended message.

Source: New York Times December 25, 2017 15:11 UTC