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King Charles wrapped up a difficult yr with an encouraging message for each his nation and, actually, the complete world on Christmas Day.

For the primary time, King Charles recorded his annual assertion on the Woman Chapel in Westminster Abbey, which is often identified for its royal weddings and coronations.

The monarch did so after offering United Kingdom residents with an replace on his most cancers remedy.

At one level in his speech, the British sovereign stated that “pilgrimage is a phrase much less used in the present day, however it has specific significance for our trendy world…

“It’s about journeying ahead into the longer term whereas additionally journeying again to recollect the previous and be taught from its classes.”

The speech comes on the finish of a VERY turbulent yr for the Royal Household.

In November, the king stripped his brother Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his titles and honors and has tried to evict him from the Royal Lodge for his ties to convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Charles additionally has been dealing with an undisclosed kind of most cancers.

On Thursday, Charles mirrored on the “braveness and sacrifice” of World Struggle II and praised “the way in which communities got here collectively,” in his conventional speech … which coincided with the eightieth anniversary of the tip of the battle earlier this yr.

The king confused “we have to cherish the values of compassion and reconciliation,” and likewise stated: “As we hear of division, each house and overseas, they’re values of which we must not ever lose sight.”

In instances of uncertainty, he added, “resilience within the face of adversity; peace by forgiveness” and “exhibiting respect to 1 one other” are what deliver hope.”

It’s additionally price mentioning right here that Charles continues to be estranged from son Prince Harry and that daughter-in-law Kate Middleton has additionally been battling most cancers over the previous yr and a half or so.

The 2026 handle was aired after the Royal Household made its annual processional to St. Mary Magdalene Church.

The Christmas Day stroll, which included Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice, however not their mother and father, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and Sarah Ferguson.

As he spoke on December 25, video was proven of Charles assembly survivors and emergency responders in Manchester… earlier than the published featured individuals laying flowers at a memorial honoring Bondi victims and survivors in Australia.

The custom of the monarch’s Christmas broadcast dates again to 1932 and was first delivered by George V. It has since develop into a staple of the vacation for a lot of Britons who collect to observe and hearken to it at 3 p.m. on Christmas Day.

In accordance with the Palace:

“Every Broadcast fastidiously displays present points and issues, and shares The Monarch’s reflections on what Christmas means to them and their listeners. Over time, the Christmas Broadcast has acted as a chronicle of world, nationwide and private occasions which have affected the Monarch and their viewers.”