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Queen Elizabeth II and broadcasting

A look at some of the broadcasts by Queen Elizabeth II during her reign.

Child evacuees of World War II, Pope Paul VI's visit to Uganda, and the start of the Iran-Iraq war.

We look at some of the broadcasts delivered by Queen Elizabeth II including her first radio address to the children of the Commonwealth on 13 October 1940. Former 成人快手 royal correspondent Jennie Bond looks back on the Queen's significant moments in front of a microphone.

Pope Paul VI's first visit to Africa when he travelled to Uganda in 1969, and was hosted by an Ismaili Muslim family and the start of the Iran-Iraq war in September 1980.

(Photo: Princess Elizabeth makes a broadcast from the gardens of Government House in Cape Town, South Africa, on her 21st birthday. Credit: 成人快手)

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Mon 26 Sep 2022 23:06GMT
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