Her Majesty turns to YouTube, her latest way of being “more personal and direct”, writes Andrew Alderson for Daily Telegraph.

The new Royal Channel - previewed here for the first time - went “live” in the early hours of this morning and is expected to be viewed by millions of people all over the world in the coming days.

… This year’s Christmas message will go out on YouTbe on Christmas Day at 3pm - at the same time that it is first shown on television.”