The Queen in Buckingham Palace after recording her Christmas Day broadcast. Photograph: John Stillwell/AP Kevin Rawlinson and agencies The Queen will use her Christmas broadcast to urge people to keep up their hopes at the end of a year that has been marked by disasters, including deadly extremist attacks and a refugee crisis that has seen millions flee their homes. The monarch will use her 63rd speech to emphasise her belief that light will overcome dark. And she will seek to remind the country that Christmas is a “time to remember all that we have to be thankful for”. Addressing the nation in a prerecorded speech on Friday afternoon, she will say: “It is true that the world has had to confront moments of darkness this year, but the gospel of John contains a verse of great hope, often read at Christmas carol services: ‘The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it,’” according to extracts issued by Buckingham Palace. The st...
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