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Queen to urge care for vulnerable Queen attending Christmas service
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The Queen will mark the 50th anniversary of her first televised Christmas message by urging people to care for the vulnerable in society. The Queen will attend a Christmas morning church service, before spending the day at Sandringham with other members of the Royal Family.
The broadcast will feature archive footage from the 1957 speech and the Queen will say that growing older leads to a "heightened awareness of change". Neither Prince William nor Prince Harry are expected to attend the service.
However, the Earl and Countess of Wessex are expected to join the royal party with their new son James - the Queen's eighth grandchild.
The Queen's 50th televised Christmas message - urging people to care for the vulnerable - will be aired at 1500 GMT.
'Sacrifice and devotion'
In it the Queen will say that growing older leads to a "heightened awareness of change".
She will also recognise the sacrifice and devotion to duty of the armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.She will also recognise the sacrifice and devotion to duty of the armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
George V began the tradition of a Christmas speech on the radio in 1932. The first televised broadcast of the Queen's Christmas message was in 1957, but it is a tradition begun on the radio in 1932 by George V.
New medium
The Queen will say: "One of the features of growing old is the heightened awareness of change.The Queen will say: "One of the features of growing old is the heightened awareness of change.
"To remember what happened 50 years ago means that it is possible to appreciate what has changed in the meantime. It also makes you aware of what remains constant.""To remember what happened 50 years ago means that it is possible to appreciate what has changed in the meantime. It also makes you aware of what remains constant."
In 1957, the Queen took the tradition a stage further by delivering the broadcast on television for the first time. In the 1957 live broadcast from her desk at Sandringham, she said she hoped the new medium would make her message more personal and direct.
In that live broadcast from her desk at Sandringham, she said she hoped the new medium would make her message more personal and direct.
This year's speech, produced by the BBC and available in high-definition for the first time, will be aired on TV and radio as usual at 1500 GMT on Christmas Day.
The Queen has also launched her own channel on video-sharing website YouTube, which will feature the message.The Queen has also launched her own channel on video-sharing website YouTube, which will feature the message.