Queen Elizabeth’s Christmas speech lands on Amazon

The Queen Elizabeth he will spend his loneliest Christmas ever: in Windsor, with the prince Filippo. But in this Christmas so different from all the others there is one thing that the British people (and not only) will not be orphaned: the traditional Christmas speech of the sovereign. That this year, as the Guardian, will not only be broadcast via radio and TV but will land on Amazon for the first time. Just tune into the Amazon Echo devices (set in English) and ask the Alexa voice assistant: “Alexa, play the Queen’s Christmas Day message» (“Alexa, play me the Queen’s Christmas message”).

“After a difficult year, millions of people across the Commonwealth will look forward to the Queen’s message on Christmas Day,” he explained. Eric King, the director of Alexa Europe. “By proposing this unprecedented innovation, we hope that even more people will be able to appreciate the words of His Majesty.”

On the other hand Elizabeth II, who in 1952 he gave his first Christmas speech via radio, it has always been open to technological innovations, so much so that at Buckingham Palace they call it affectionately «The Techie Queen». Not by chance: in 1976 he was the first monarch to send an email, in 2012 recorded his 3D Christmas message for the first time, in 2014 he wrote his first tweet, in March 2019, aged 92, sent his first Instagram post via IPad.

Then last March, at 93, Queen Elizabeth discovered video calling. Like all grandmothers forced into isolation by the health emergency, she too suffered from the distance of relatives, especially grandchildren and grandchildren. And so, in Windsor, with the help of his staff he took an intensive course in distance conversation. Becoming an expert. So much so that a fortnight ago, at 94, he debuted in his first virtual diplomatic hearing (in 68 years of reign). That is, he made his debut in video link in front of three ambassadors: she at the castle of Windsor, parrot to Buckingham Palace. In short, the Christmas speech on Amazon is only the last stage of his intense relationship with technology.

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