King Charles will break from tradition by delivering his Christmas message from a former hospital, Fitzrovia Chapel in central London. The speech will focus on healthcare workers and community cohesion following his cancer diagnosis and recent stabbings in Southport.
The King will address the nation from a former hospital for this year's Christmas speech, in a dramatic break from tradition. King Charles's Christmas message will focus on the efforts of healthcare workers, following his cancer diagnosis this year. It will also hail community cohesion in the wake of the stabbings in Southport, it has been reported.
PA News Agency reports that the annual address to the nation will cover some over the major topics over the past year, most of which concerned health issues for the royals. Both the King and the Princess of Wales were treated for cancer in 2024 and the message is set to reflect this. The Daily Telegraph has reported about the main issues the festive speech will focus on and revealed it was recorded earlier this month at the Fitzrovia Chapel, a former chapel of the Middlesex Hospital now closed and demolished. Fitzrovia Chapel was a place of solace for patients, medical staff and the public for more than 100 years and today, is a valued space. The paper said it understands the chapel reflects the key themes of the address – healthcare and community. The message has already been pre-recorded on December 11 and is one of the rare times a building outside the royal estate has been used. The late Queen recorded her message at Southwark Cathedral in 2006 and at Combermere Barracks in Windsor three years earlier. The Grade II* listed chapel in central London close to Oxford Street has Byzantine-inspired architecture and is richly decorated in a Gothic revival style with marble and more than 500 stars in the gold leaf ceiling
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