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Evening Standard
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William Mata

King’s speech sets record viewing figures for monarch on Christmas Day

King Charles’s Christmas Day message was the most watched address by a monarch on record, viewing figures have shown.

Around 10.6 million tuned in for the eight-minute briefing, which was the most watched programme on Sunday. More than eight million watched it on BBC 1 with a further 1.58 million switching on ITV to see it, while 929,000 watched a simulcast on BBC 2 which had sign language.

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