Queen’s subtle hint: What Queen Elizabeth II’s Christmas outfit revealed about monarch
QUEEN ELIZABETH II recently addressed the nation in her annual Christmas Message on December 25, and some now believe they found a hidden message in the monarch’s outfit.
Queen wears royal blue dress and diamond brooch
On Christmas Day at 3pm, the Queen spoke to the nation from the Green Drawing Room at Windsor Castle. The monarch has addressed the nation with her Christmas Message since 1952 and typically combines a chronicle of the year’s major events and the sovereign’s own personal milestones and feeling on Christmas.
This year, the Queen was dressed in a blue dress and a sapphire brooch.
Some academics have since viewed the outfit as a hidden pro-EU message.
This, despite the fact the Queen has to stay publicly neutral on politics.
The brooch is set with 12 diamonds and said to be similar to the EU flag's circle of stars.
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The brooch was a gift from Prince Albert to Queen Victoria on the eve of their wedding in 1840.
Dr James Anderson, an academic at the University of Reading, took to Twitter to say the Queen has expressed her “personal views” during the speech.
He said: “The Queen has full editorial control of the Queen's Speech and can choose whether or not to give one. She chose not to in 1969.
“So treat the speech as her personal views, right down to her choice of an EU blue dress and an EU stars broach. (sic)”
Meanwhile, aeronautical engineer Dr Geoff Jones wrote: “Her Majesty yet again doing what little she can to show her support for the European Union.”
The Queen faced similar criticism during a speech in 2017.
As the monarch delivers her plans outlining Brexit, she wore a blue ensemble with a matching hat featuring seven yellow flowers.
Some believed the flowers resembled the stars on the blue background of the EU flag.
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Even one of the EU's leading MEPs, Guy Verhofstadt, spotted the similarity.
He tweeted: “Clearly the EU still inspires some in the UK.”
In her Christmas message this year, the Queen described 2019 as a “bumpy” year.
Though it was not clear exactly what the Queen was referring to, a quick overview of 2019 explains why it might have felt rough at times.
She said the path is never "smooth" but "small steps" can heal divisions.
The year of 2019 has seen intense political debates over Brexit, as well as a number of personal events affecting the Royal Family.
In January, the Duke of Edinburgh was involved in a car crash while driving near the Queen's Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.
He escaped uninjured, but two women required hospital treatment.
In September, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex publicly revealed their struggles under the media spotlight during their tour of southern Africa.