How to watch The Kings Speech on Christmas Day : It ’s an historical substance from the Danaus plexippus as King Charles III addresses the nation for his first Christmas Day computer address .
So , this feels a morsel unusual does n’t it ? There ’s never been a Christmas Day top executive ’s Speech on British tv set before ( unless you weigh the excellent Colin Farrell movie ) . The first televised Christmas address from a crowned head was Queen Elizabeth II ’s in 1957 .
There had been Christmas Day addresses to the nation before . Elizabeth ’s Father of the Church begin the tradition in 1932 , but they were delivered via the radio waves . Indeed , Elizabeth ’s own first addresses were aired on the radio .
That change in 1957 , when Elizabeth speak to the nation through television cameras . She said : “ It is inevitable that I should seem a rather distant figure to many of you . A successor to the King and queens of chronicle ; someone whose face may be intimate in newspapers and picture show but who never really touches your personal life story . But now at least for a few minutes , I receive you to the peace of my own home . ”
After her passing this September , the responsibility now fall to the new King , Charles III . The fresh monarch will carry on the long - standing custom and it will ventilate on the broadcast networks in the UK . His address is perhaps the most challenging in a long time . What will he have to say ? Will he address Harry and Meghan ? What , if anything , will he have to say about the state of the nation ?
How to watch The King’s Speech on TV and online
The King ’s Christmas message will air on BBC One , BBC Two , ITV One and Sky One in the UK . It will be broadcast at the traditional metre of 3:00pm UK time . That mean Christmas dejeuner should be in the book and the wash up should be well on the manner to being done .
If you ’re ineffectual to watch live or ca n’t get to the TV , then the BBC iPlayer and ITV X will also pelt The King ’s Christmas message live and on demand .
