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The Earl of Wessex will perform carols from the Royal Chapel Choir on Classic FM after the Queen’s Christmas message at 3pm. The concert, which was recorded without an audience this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, also includes a reading by Edward.
A post on the Royal Family’s Twitter and Instagram accounts read: “Tomorrow, the Earl of Wessex will perform Christmas carols on @ClassicFM of the Royal Chapel Choir.
“The concert will air after The Queen’s Christmas message and will include a reading from The Earl.
“Recorded without an audience this year, the show continues the tradition of bringing Christmas carols from the Royal Chapel Choir to listeners’ homes on Christmas Day.”
The post also includes a quote from Edward that said: “One of the great advantages of radio is that social distancing means nothing.
“We can listen and enjoy and it is as immediate and personal as any other time.”
Royal fans on social media reacted with joy to the announcement.
One commented: “How beautiful. I miss the service at the Royal Chapel in St. James. I am looking forward to this.”
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One more commented: “Excellent! I really want to do it.”
Members of the Royal Family traditionally join the Queen at Sandringham for Christmas.
But this year will be different due to the pandemic.
The monarch is spending Christmas Day quietly at Windsor Castle with Prince Philip.
Her Christmas message this year is likely to focus on the nation’s response to the coronavirus crisis and will likely see the Queen praise the efforts of all sectors of society, from key and frontline workers to communities, the Armed Forces and charities.
The speech is one of the rare occasions when the monarch does not ask the government for advice and is able to express her own opinions.
He did his first Christmas broadcast in 1952 and his first televised Christmas broadcast in 1957.
The queen has sent a message every year except 1969, when she decided that royalty had been on TV long enough after an unprecedented documentary the family made about her life.
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