King's Christmas speech 2022: Monarch pays tribute to mother in first Christmas broadcast
The King has used his first Christmas broadcast to sympathise with families struggling with the cost-of-living crisis and praise individuals, charities and faith groups supporting those in need.
But the King also recognised other faiths, highlighting how religious communities were helping those in financial difficulties and, like Christians, believed in the "power of light overcoming darkness". Charles said he shared the late Queen's "faith in people" who can touch the lives of others with "goodness and compassion", something he described as the "essence of our community and the very foundation of our society".
Footage was shown of the Armed Forces and emergency services at work, from soldiers carrying sandbags to a speeding ambulance, followed by doctors and nurses on a ward and care workers in a home. The Earl and Countess of Wessex and Princess Royal were also featured but there were no images of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who stepped down as working royals in 2020.
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