The first televised Christmas Broadcast or 'Queen's Speech', filmed at Sandringham House in Norfolk.

 " The Royal Channel - The Official Channel of the British Monarchy " on www.youtube.com/theroyalchannel just went live hours ago! The channel now has 18 videos featuring Her Majesty's first televised Christmas broadcast in 1957 , her mother's wedding, 1923 and among others. BBC reported that the Buckingham Palace hoped the annual Christmas speech of Queen Elizabeth , who "always keeps abreast with new ways of communicating with people", would be "more accessible to younger people and those in other countries".

The Associated Press reports Queen Elizabeth II launched the Royal Channel on YouTube. Britain's 81-year-old monarch may be considered an icon of traditionalism, but she keeps abreast with new ways of communicating with people: The palace said, "She has always been aware of reaching more people and adapting the communication to suit. This will make the Christmas message more accessible to younger people and those in other countries." The video of the queen's 1957 Christmas TV broadcast reminds us that TV once was as groundbreaking as the Internet is today:

Not only does the British monarchy have an official website -- they also have a brand new YouTube channel (" The Royal Channel "), launched in October. In just a few months, the channel has already lined up nearly 10,000 subscribers. Currently, the featured video on The Royal Channel is the Christmas Broadcast of 1957 -- the monarchy's first-ever televised Christmas Broadcast to the British people exactly 50 years ago today. On Christmas Day at 3 pm GMT, the royal elves will be putting up this year's Christmas Broadcast on The Royal Channel .