“I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations,” pronounced Queen Elizabeth II on her first televised Christmas broadcast in 1957.
Following the sudden death of her father King George VI in 1952, the new monarch demonstrated her commitment to her role and duty as the Head of the State through her global travels, in which she embarked on a royal tour almost immediately after ascending to the throne in 1953.
