History Channel
How Broadcast Television Shifted How the World Views the British Monarchy
Friday, September 16, 2022,
By Julia Mazzer
, professor of history in the Maxwell School, was quoted by History.com for the article, This article highlights Queen Elizabeth’s first annual Christmas message that aired on live TV and how it introduced the monarchy to the world in a humane and personal way for the first time. Allport adds, “The idea of beaming the image of the monarch into ordinary people’s homes represented a new kind of intimacy in the relationship between the Crown and the masses.”