Royal Christmas Message ~  The first speech was written by author Rudyard Kipling.

"At 3 p.m. on every Christmas Day since 1932, the reigning British monach has spoken to the people of the Empire and Commonwealth.  The first to make a royal Christmas broadcast was George V, who had been requested to do so by BBC General Manager John Reith since 1923.  Written by Rudyard Kipling, the speech was delivered from Sandringham Castle:

In part it read:  "Through one of the marvels of modern science I am enabled this Christmas Day to speak to all my peoples throughout the Empire.  I take it as a good omen the wireless should have reached its present perfection at a time when the Empire has been linked in closer union, for it offers us immense possibilities to make that union closer still."

Source:  THE WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHRISTMAS, Gerry Bowler, McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 2000.