Royal Christmas and New Year Messages

HM QUEEN ELIZABETH II's SPEECH TO THE UK AND COMMONWEALTH

The Queen's Speech isn't exactly the most exciting broadcast of the year, but I, among millions of others, watch it, as much for the novelty of the Queen talking to me as anything else ...




***FOREIGN ROYAL SPEECHES***

Just in case anybody has a fascination with foreign royalty and/or learning Dutch:~Here is the Dutch Queen Beatrix's Christmas Speech
Kersttoespraak 2010
Sorry I did look for a version with English subtitles but can't find any...



King Harald of Norway New Year's Speech
Nyttårstale 2009
Notice the similarity between the King's Norwegian accent and that of the (English-speaking) isles of Orkney, which were settled by Viking invaders....

Dutch Queen's Speech!

HM Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Christmas Message 2007

HM Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands

Life profile of another queen (not Elizabeth II (better known as Ma'am))

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands

"Troonrede Koningin Beatrix Nederland 2007," it says here...