Overview
- Broadcast is scheduled for 3pm on Christmas Day across television and radio, with the BBC producing this year’s program.
- Buckingham Palace released photos and a brief behind-the-scenes video showing preparations for the recording.
- Christmas trees seen in the set were reused from the Princess of Wales’s Together at Christmas carol concert, with some later donated to charities including The Passage and the Oak Cancer Centre.
- This is the second time in King Charles’s reign the message has been recorded away from a royal residence, following 2024’s Fitzrovia Chapel location.
- Viewers with a Meta Quest 3 headset can watch the address in virtual reality environments for the first time.