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HRH Princess Elizabeth - now Queen - with a message of sympathy for the nation's children.

HRH Princess Elizabeth broadcasts to the nation's children

In October 1940 HRH Princess Elizabeth - the current Queen - made her first radio broadcast aged 14. It was a message of sympathy to the children of Britain and the Empire.

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