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This year’s Christmas message is likely to be unlike any other given by her Majesty before now in her ruling years. The Queen has already addressed the nation directly twice this year - once during the first lockdown which began in March, and again for the 75th anniversary of VE Day.
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The Queen’s annual Christmas speech will go ahead as normal this year and will air at 3pm on Christmas Day. But instead of releasing details of the message, Buckingham Palace will keep the contents of her Christmas message a secret. A royal expert has weighed in on what he thinks the monarch will discuss in the speech, and has suggested Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will not feature.
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Buckingham Palace usually releases snippets of the Queen’s annual Christmas broadcast ahead of its broadcast at 3pm on Christmas Day, but this year officials have decided to shroud the speech in secrecy to ensure it has a more powerful message after such a difficult year. But an expert has told Express.co.uk what he expects Her Majesty to say this year.
| UPDATED: 07:08, Thu, Dec 24, 2020
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A play on the monarch’s traditional December 25 statement, the programme will feature a realistic computer-generated version of the Queen – but the speech itself is due to be tongue-in-cheek. Channel 4 claim the purpose of the show is to provide a “stark warning” about fake news.
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The station had made use of video effects software to recreate the British monarch delivering her traditional festive message. However, the message itself is due to include tongue-in-cheek comments about the past year.