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| Queen launches YouTube channel | Queen launches YouTube channel |
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| The Queen has launched her own channel on the video-sharing website YouTube. | The Queen has launched her own channel on the video-sharing website YouTube. |
| The Royal Channel will feature her Christmas Day message, and has recent and historical footage of the monarch and other members of the Royal Family. | |
| The launch marks the 50th anniversary of the Queen's first televised festive address in 1957. | The launch marks the 50th anniversary of the Queen's first televised festive address in 1957. |
| The palace said it hoped the site would make the 81-year-old monarch's annual speech "more accessible to younger people and those in other countries". | The palace said it hoped the site would make the 81-year-old monarch's annual speech "more accessible to younger people and those in other countries". |
| Changing times | Changing times |
| The opening page of the channel, which went live just after midnight, bears the title "The Royal Channel - The Official Channel of the British Monarchy" and features a photograph of Buckingham Palace and the Queen's Guards. | The opening page of the channel, which went live just after midnight, bears the title "The Royal Channel - The Official Channel of the British Monarchy" and features a photograph of Buckingham Palace and the Queen's Guards. |
| This year's festive address will appear on the site at about 1500 GMT on Christmas Day. | This year's festive address will appear on the site at about 1500 GMT on Christmas Day. |
| She has always been aware of reaching more people and adapting the communication to suit Buckingham Palace spokeswoman | She has always been aware of reaching more people and adapting the communication to suit Buckingham Palace spokeswoman |
| Back in 1957, when the Queen delivered her first television message, she acknowledged the need to adapt to changing times. | Back in 1957, when the Queen delivered her first television message, she acknowledged the need to adapt to changing times. |
| "I very much hope that this new medium will make my Christmas message more personal and direct," she said from her Sandringham estate in Norfolk. | "I very much hope that this new medium will make my Christmas message more personal and direct," she said from her Sandringham estate in Norfolk. |
| "That it is possible for some of you to see me today is just another example of the speed at which things are changing all around us." | "That it is possible for some of you to see me today is just another example of the speed at which things are changing all around us." |
| Clips from garden parties, state visits, prime ministers, investitures and a day in the life of the Prince of Wales will all be available to watch on the channel. | Clips from garden parties, state visits, prime ministers, investitures and a day in the life of the Prince of Wales will all be available to watch on the channel. |
| Newsreel | Newsreel |
| Among the older clips is footage from a film by Lord Wakehurst called Long to Reign Over Us, which has never been released to the public. | Among the older clips is footage from a film by Lord Wakehurst called Long to Reign Over Us, which has never been released to the public. |
| The former Tory MP, who died in 1970, was a keen amateur film maker and charted many key royal events, including the death of King George VI, the Queen's accession and her coronation. | The former Tory MP, who died in 1970, was a keen amateur film maker and charted many key royal events, including the death of King George VI, the Queen's accession and her coronation. |
| The site also has footage of Queen Alexandra's West End tour among the rose-sellers in 1917, and silent newsreel of the 1923 wedding of the Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - the Queen's parents. | |
| Announcing the launch of the channel, a spokeswoman for Buckingham Palace said the Queen "always keeps abreast with new ways of communicating with people". | Announcing the launch of the channel, a spokeswoman for Buckingham Palace said the Queen "always keeps abreast with new ways of communicating with people". |
| "She has always been aware of reaching more people and adapting the communication to suit," she said. | "She has always been aware of reaching more people and adapting the communication to suit," she said. |
| "This will make the Christmas message more accessible to younger people and those in other countries." | "This will make the Christmas message more accessible to younger people and those in other countries." |
| The Royal Channel can be viewed at www.youtube.com/theroyalchannel, and the Queen's Christmas message can also be downloaded as a podcast from www.royal.gov.uk. |