Images and Broadcasts

Film reception

Film reception display, 4 April 2013
The Royal Collection curated objects and archive material from the Royal Collection and the Royal Archives for display at a reception to celebrate the British Film Industry at Windsor Castle.

View a gallery of the objects

The Queen's Christmas Broadcast to the UK and the Commonwealth, 25 December 2012
Her Majesty looked back on a year of celebration and reflected on the importance of public service in her annual Christmas Day broadcast.

Read the text of the broadcast in full

Royal Collection Kuwait Display
View Kuwait themed items from the Royal Collection curated to be viewed by The Queen and The Amir of Kuwait at Windsor Castle during his State Visit to the United Kingdom.

View the Royal Collection Kuwait display

Royal Collection Indonesia Display.
View Indonesia-themed items from the Royal Collection curated to be viewed by The Queen and the President of the Republic of Indonesia on Day One of the Indonesia State Visit in October 2012

View gallery of the display items

Royal Collection Olympic Display
View Olympic-themed items from the Royal Collection curated for display at the International Olympic Committee Reception at Buckingham Palace on 23 July 2012.

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Queen Victoria display
View items from the Royal Collection and the Royal Archives curated to be displayed at the launch of the Bodleian's website containing the completed journals of Queen Victoria digitised. The launch, held at Buckingham Palace, was attended by The Queen.

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Dickens' Reception display
View items from the Royal Collection and the Royal Archives which will be in display to guests at a reception at Buckingham Palace to mark the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens.

View gallery of the display items

Images and broadcasts
The Queen and other members of the Royal family are amongst the most photographed people in the world. Their lives and work have been captured in moving and still images and audio footage for the past century. View images and videos of the Royal Family and Royal events in this section.

Her Majesty has given thousands of speeches during her reign. Some of her most historic speeches are available to read, from her wartime broadcast on Children's Hour alongside Princess Margaret in 1940 to her most recent Christmas Broadcasts which are watched in millions of households across the world on Christmas Day.

And don't forget to visit The Royal Channel on YouTube, featuring the best new and archive video footage of members of the Royal family, from Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee to the 2011 Royal Wedding. www.youtube.com/theroyalchannel

Royal babies gallery
Royal babies gallery
A gallery of Royal babies past and present
Historic broadcasts
Historic broadcasts
Read some of The Queen's most memorable and moving speeches
Multi-faith gallery
Multi-faith gallery
View photographs of members of the Royal Family meeting representatives from all faiths