What time is The King’s Speech? Christmas start time - and if it is on BBC or ITV
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- King Charles III will deliver another Christmas address to the nation.
- It is his third since he became the monarch in 2022.
- The message will be broadcast to the nation and the commonwealth.
The time for this year’s King’s Speech has been confirmed. Charles III will deliver the annual message to the nation this afternoon.
It will be his third Christmas speech since becoming the monarch, following the death of Elizabeth II in 2022. The exact details on what he would say had been kept under wraps in the run up to the festive period.
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What time is The King’s Speech this Christmas?
The speech is scheduled to be broadcast at 3pm - the traditional time for the Royal Christmas message. It is due to last 10 minutes.
What channel is The King’s Speech on?
It will be broadcast across BBC1, BBC2 and ITV at the same time on Christmas Day (3pm). It also airs on news channels like BBC News, Sky News, GB News, etc.
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When was the first Royal Christmas Message?
The King or Queen’s speech has been an annual tradition for as long as pretty much all of us have been alive. We are nearing the 100th anniversary of the first one - and it started as a radio message, before it started to be televised during the reign of Elizabeth II.
George V was the first monarch to give a Christmas speech, he was initially approached in 1922 but declined. The first one was broadcast on the radio in 1932 and was scripted by Rudyard Kipling.
The only time since 1932 that a royal Christmas message was not broadcast was in 1936 and that was due to Edward III abdicating two weeks before Christmas. The first one to air on TV came in 1957.
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