QUEEN MADE AN EXCEPTION.
NICHOLAS MITCHELL HAS MORE ON
THIS YEAR'S ORIOLE CHRISTMAS
CELEBRATION.
Reporter: A DAY FOR FAMILY
WITH ITS OWN ESTABLISHED
PATTERN.
FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY THAT MEANS
A VISIT TO CHURCH LED BY THE
QUEEN.
AND VERY MUCH AT HOME ALREADY,
THE SOON TO BE NEWEST MEMBER
MEGAN MERKEL.
ALERT TO EVERYTHING THAT WAS
GOING ON AND WAITING FOR HER CUE
IN TERMS OF ROYAL PROTOCOL.
A NEAT CURTSY AS THE QUEEN LEFT
BY CAR.
AND WALKING ACROSS TO MEET
PEOPLE OF THE CROWD HOPING TO
MEET HER AND THEN THE QUEEN'S
CHRISTMAS BROADCAST.
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Reporter: THE CENTRAL
MESSAGE OF THIS U.S. BROADCAST
WAS ONE OF SOLIDARITY WITH TWO
BRITISH CITIES.
THIS CHRISTMAS, I THINK OF
LONDON AND MANCHESTER WITH
POWERFUL IDENTITIES SHOWING
THROUGH OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS
IN THE FACE OF APPALLING
ATTACKS.
Reporter: THE QUEEN SAID IT
WAS A PRIVILEGE TO WITNESS THE
EXTRAORDINARY BRAVERY OF YOUNG
PEOPLE INJURED IN THE
MANCHESTER ATTACK.
MORE THAN SIX DECADES NOW AFTER
SHE CAME TO THE THRONE, THE
QUEEN REMAINS STRONGLY
COMMITTED TO HER ROLE AS HEAD
OF STATE.
LAST YEAR, QUEEN ELIZABETH
AND PRINCE PHILIP MISSED THE
CHURCH SERVICE BECAUSE OF THE
