Queen Elizabeth
Christmas speech with a special brooch
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Queen Elizabeth wears a special jewel in the Christmas Address broadcast in the UK today. The crysanthemum brooch tucked on the right side of her lapel is a sweet reminder of her late husband.
A particularly difficult year is drawing to a close for Queen Elizabeth, 95. This year, not only did the corona pandemic continue to have a firm grip on the world – and thus also the life of the monarch – the 95-year-old also had to cope with a particularly hard blow. Her beloved husband, Prince Philip, died in April of this year, † 99. She pays tribute to him in her Christmas address – not just with words.
Unusually emotional Christmas speech
The Queen’s Christmas address is traditionally broadcast on Boxing Day in Great Britain. A photo of the recording has already been published. On the night of Christmas Eve, the palace published a photo of Elizabeth in a bright red costume. She is sitting in one of the rooms at Windsor Castle, in front of a festively decorated Christmas tree, on the desk in front of her is a photo showing her with her deceased husband. The setting fits in with the fact that she should express the monarch particularly personally in her address this year. The choice of jewelry is also interesting.
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Queen Elizabeth remembers her Philip
On her right lapel, Queen Elizabeth wears a glittering chrysanthemum brooch, a piece of great emotional value to her. She wore the brooch for the first time on her honeymoon with her then new husband Philip in 1947. She was still a princess at the time. Elizabeth showed up again in 2007 for the diamond wedding with the noble piece of jewelry. The fact that she reaches for that piece of jewelry on her first Christmas without Philip is an emotional gesture that shows how much Elizabeth is still suffering from the death of her husband.
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