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| Channel 4's Alternative Christmas Message and The Queen's Speech - Live | |
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| Channel 4's Alternative Christmas Message will this year be given by the British Ebola survivor William Pooley, who will call for a global solution to the epidemic in a broadcast from the Connaught Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone. | |
| This will broadcast on Channel 4 before the Queen's speech at 1.50pm. | This will broadcast on Channel 4 before the Queen's speech at 1.50pm. |
| The Queen's annual Christmas message will then be broadcast on TV and radio at 3pm. | |
| Recorded last month ago at Buckingham Palace, the speech will address the theme of 'reconciliation' and in particular, the Queen is expected to praise the "selflessness" of aid workers who have helped tackle the west African Ebola crisis in 2014. File: The Queen records her Christmas message in 2013 | |
| She will also highlight the events that took place this year to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. | |
| Check back here nearer the time for live coverage of both speeches and all the reaction from around the web. | Check back here nearer the time for live coverage of both speeches and all the reaction from around the web. |
| Please allow a moment for the live blog to load. | Please allow a moment for the live blog to load. |