ANALYSIS: For the fourth year in a row, the King chose to deliver his message not from a desk, but standing up.
It’s a subtle shift from his mother’s style of speaking to the nation every Christmas and reflects the difference in reigns.
Charles, who thrives off meeting and engaging with the public, feels that by standing up, he is able to appear more personable and connected to the nation.
It’s a way for him to let the public in, a key tenant of his reign that has seen him be incredibly open and honest about his health in a way no monarch has done before him. But in this year’s Christmas message, the King chose not to reflect on himself, his health journey or the trials and tribulations his family has faced this year, but on others.
