[Sig-bwp] Queen’s Christmas Speech on Podcast

[Gerry Mckiernan]

Colleagues/

If The Queen Can Podcast, Shouldn't We? [:-)

[ http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page5323.asp ]

Long Live The Queen !!!

/Gerry 

Gerry McKiernan
Science and Technology Librarian 
Iowa State University Library 
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck at iastate.edu 

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Queen’s Christmas speech on podcast
By Associated Press
Friday, December 22, 2006 - Updated: 02:28 PM EST

LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II’s traditional Christmas speech will be
available as a podcast this year for the first time. A download can be
ordered in advance for free on the British monarchy’s Web site
http://www.royal.gov.uk , royal officials said Friday. 
 
    Internet users can also view the speech online and a text version
will be posted on the royal Web site. 
 
    In her message, broadcast throughout Britain and the Commonwealth
of its former colonies on Dec. 25, the queen will speak about the
importance of the relationship between the generations, according to
excerpts released Friday. 
 
    "The wisdom and experience of the great religions point to the need
to nurture and guide the young, and to encourage respect for the
elderly," the monarch will say. 
 
    The broadcast will show the queen, wearing a green outfit, chatting
to schoolchildren as she helps them make a collage of a nativity scene.

 
    "It should twinkle rather well, shouldn’t it ... especially when
the lights are on it," the queen remarks. 
 
    The speech itself was filmed at Southwark Cathedral in London. 
 
    This year, for the second time, the queen has recorded a speech to
the armed forces, which will air on the British Forces Broadcast Service
radio network on Sunday, Christmas Eve.

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