Like when Princess Diana did a TV interview without permission from the Queen.
King George V was the first monarch to deliver a speech to the entire nation by radio broadcast on Christmas. Although the King was hesitant about doing the speech, it was a big deal for people across the empire to hear his voice in their own homes.
His short message, written by Rudyard Kipling, was the monarchy's first step at embracing modernization."I take it as a good omen that wireless should have reached its present perfection at a time when the Empire has been linked in closer union. For it offers us immense possibilities to make that union closer still," the King
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