Queen admits 'bumpy' year in Xmas message
LONDON, United Kingdom — Queen Elizabeth II will describe 2019 as "
The 93-year-old monarch, whose husband Philip is receiving treatment in hospital, will use her televised address on Wednesday to reflect on the need for reconciliation.
Merry Christmas!
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) December 24, 2019
This year The Queen's Speechwas filmed in the Green Drawing Room at Windsor Castle.It will be broadcast on Christmas Day at 3pm GMT.
This year marked the 75th Anniversary of D-Day & in the speech Her Majesty will reflect on the commemorations.
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In a portion of her Christmas speech released in advance, the queen says the life of Jesus shows the importance of reconciliation.
It teaches "how small steps taken in faith and in hope can overcome long-held differences and deep-seated divisions to bring harmony and understanding," she says.
"The path
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Britain endured a year of
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The queen's grandson Prince Harry and his American former actress wife Meghan Markle were also in the news, speaking about their struggles living in the public eye.
Prince Harry took legal action against two tabloids in October accusing them of intercepting voicemail messages.
Meghan filed a separate case against a newspaper that published excerpts of a letter her estranged father wrote to her.
Prince Philip's difficult year began with a car accident in which
Buckingham Palace has released little information about Philip's condition since his hospitalisation on Friday for "treatment in relation to a pre-existing condition".
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"Once you get to that age things don't work
'Spirit of reconciliation'
The queen has remained one of Britain's most popular figures despite the royal family's travails.
A poll by YouGov in November showed 72 percent of respondents had a positive opinion of the monarch.
Prince Charles's approval was just 46 percent.
The queen's Christmas Day message reflects on the heroism of British forces during the D-Day landings in Normandy that turned the course of World War II in 1944.
In June she made an increasingly rare trip to abroad to attend the 75th anniversary commemorations in France.
"For the 75th anniversary of that decisive battle, in a true spirit of reconciliation, those who had formerly
"By being willing to put past differences behind us and move forward together, we honour the freedom and democracy once won for us at so great a cost."
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