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  1. Oct 13, 2020 · Published on October 13, 2020 10:46AM EDT. Photo: Topical Press Agency/Getty. On this day, 80 years ago, a young Princess Elizabeth gave her first-ever radio broadcast. At just 14 years old, the ...

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  2. On this day, 80 years ago, a young Princess Elizabeth gave her first-ever radio broadcast. At just 14 years old, the future monarch sat side-by-side with her sister Princess Margaret at Windsor Castle to address the children of Britain and the Commonwealth during World War II.

  3. April 30, 2020 11:00 AM EDT. Queen Elizabeth was just 13 years old when World War II began. Like many British children, the then-Princess had her childhood cut short by the war. She was separated ...

  4. And when peace comes, remember it will be for us, the children of today, to make the world of tomorrow a better and happier place. As Princess Elizabeth, The Queen made her first public speech on 13 October 1940, with a radio address to the children of the Commonwealth, many of them living away from home due to war.

  5. Oct 13, 2020 · Tuesday 13 October 2020 marks the 80th anniversary of the Queen ’s first-ever public address. The monarch made her debut as a young princess when she delivered a speech via radio on Children’s ...

  6. Dec 21, 2009 · 2010 will see the 70th anniversary of the Queen's first ever broadcast from Windsor Castle, which was addressed to children living away from home because of World War II. The 14-year-old Princess Elizabeth made the radio address on October 13 1940 during Children's Hour. Her broadcast marked the beginning of a regular feature for children evacuees.

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  8. Sep 14, 2022 · The Queen gave her first radio message to the nation as a 14-year-old wartime princess during the Second World War in October 1940. ... The speech was first broadcast on the radio before it moved ...