Queen's 'particularly personal' speech as she remembers Prince Philip this Christmas

Missing her person. Queen Elizabeth II had a somewhat melancholy Christmas while celebrating the holiday for the first time in more than 70 years without Prince Philip.

Queen Elizabeth shared the pain she felt after the death of her husband, Prince Philip, as she encouraged people everywhere to celebrate Christmas with friends and family, despite the grief caused by the ongoing pandemic. Saying she understood the difficulty of spending the holiday season "with one familiar laugh missing," the monarch delivered her address beside a framed photograph of her arm-in-arm with Prince Philip, who died in April at age 99.

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While Queen Elizabeth II’s Christmas celebration may have looked different from years past, one tradition endured — her annual Christmas Day televised speech.

Queen Elizabeth delivered her most personal and emotional Christmas Day speech yet, just months after the death of her beloved husband, Prince Philip.

The Queen has poignantly reflected on a year of personal grief in a moving Christmas Day message, saying there was “one familiar laugh missing” as she acknowledged the death of her husband amid the continuing impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Queen used her first Christmas speech since to the death of Prince Philip to pay tribute to her late husband.

Queen Elizabeth has made a touching tribute to her late husband Prince Philip during her Christmas Day speech.The 95 year old monarch, who was not seen at church on Christmas Day, recalled her husband's "mischievous, enquiring twinkle" in the pre-recorded speech. Queen Elizabeth's husband Prince Philip passed away age 99 in April this year, which means this Christmas is the Queen's first without her beloved husband by her side for 73 years.

The Queen shared her sympathies for "those who have lost loved ones" as she marked her first Christmas since Prince Philip's death. In her annual address, the 95 year old Monarch paid tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh, who died at the age of 99 in April this year.

The Queen namechecked Prince Charles and Prince William in her Christmas Day address – but made no mention of the Duke of Cambridge’s brother, Prince Harry. Queen Elizabeth’s 2021 speech saw her pay tribute to her “beloved” Prince Philip, remembering his “mischievous, enquiring twinkle” and commending his “sense of service, intellectual curiosity and capacity to squeeze fun out of any situation”.

Christmas Day message shared the pain she felt after the death of her husband as she encouraged people everywhere to celebrate with friends and family, despite the grief caused by a pandemic now stretching into its second year.Saying she understood the difficulty of spending the holiday season “with one familiar laugh missing,” the monarch delivered her address beside a framed photograph of her arm-in-arm with Prince Philip, who died in April at age 99.

Members of the Royal Family have been seen attending the Christmas Day service at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle on Saturday 25 December. Prince Charles and his wife Camilla joined Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex alongside Prince Richard and his wife Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester were seen at the chapel inside Windsor Castle grounds for the special service.

Queen Elizabeth II is paying tribute to her late husband, Prince Philip, this Christmas.In a first look at the Queen's Christmas Day speech, the 95-year-old monarch was seen wearing the sapphire chrysanthemum brooch that she wore for a photocall on her honeymoon in 1947.

Gone but never forgotten. In a teaser for Queen Elizabeth II’s annual Christmas speech, released on December 23, the queen’s brooch honors her late husband, Prince Philip, who passed away in April at 99.

Queen Elizabeth is celebrating Christmas with a very personal touch.

Honoring her late husband. In the first look at her annual Christmas speech, Queen Elizabeth II pays tribute to Prince Philip, who died in April at 99.

Christmas Day message to the nation this year after Buckingham Palace released a photo of the monarch recording the speech alongside a picture of her and her husband, who died earlier this year.The image provided by the palace showed the queen in the White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle, with a framed photograph of Elizabeth and Prince Philip arm in arm in the foreground.