King Charles releasing a sneak preview of his Christmas Day message marks a new tradition that will continue, royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams has claimed. The behind-the-scenes glimpse of the monarch's annual broadcast,

King Charles has strayed from royal tradition with his year’s Christmas speech. The monarch, 76, who opted to break tradition last year by writing the speech himself, has prerecorded his festive broadcast in a different location to that of previous years.

King Charles will deliver his Christmas Day message from a church with links to the medical community, Buckingham Palace said Monday, in a break with tradition amid his continued cancer treatment.

King Charles recorded his annual Christmas message away from a royal site in a rare break from tradition that also saw him handpick a place with medical links, according to The Telegraph. The London paper revealed that the British monarch filmed the address almost two weeks ago at the Fitzrovia Chapel,

The King will be giving his speech from a former chapel in central London This year's Christmas message from King Charles will be delivered from a former hospital chapel, in a year in which the King has been undergoing cancer treatment.

King Charles III is changing things up for this year's annual Christmas message. Ahead of the holidays later this week, the royals revealed that the message the king would share on Christmas Day, a tradition since 1932,

Buckingham Palace has shared the first picture from King Charles's Christmas speech as the monarch will break tradition. The King’s Christmas message, which was recorded in a former hospital chapel, will be broadcast on Christmas Day on GB News at 3pm.