Queen's Speech to be the most overtly Christian yet as monarch's Christmas message takes on a particular significance in the light of a year of ISIS-inspired attacks
- The Queen will use the Christmas speech to reflect on her personal faith
- Will also discuss her belief in continuing role of Christianity in British life
- Her words will be particularly significant in light of ISIS's jihadist attacks
After
a year in which the world has been rocked by sickening terrorist
outrages and the war against brutal extremists, the Queen has chosen to
deliver her most Christian Christmas message yet, The Mail on Sunday can
reveal.
Sources
familiar with the broadcast say she will use her traditional annual
speech to reflect on her personal faith as well as her belief in the
continuing role of Christianity at the centre of British life, despite
rising secularism.
Her words will be particularly significant in light of jihadist attacks inspired by Islamic State,
according to observers. The former Bishop of Rochester, Michael
Nazir-Ali, said: ‘Clearly extremism is a backdrop to anything that any
public figures says at this time.
Faith: The Queen's Christmas speech
this year is set to be the most Christian yet, according to sources
familiar with the broadcast. Pictured, the Queen delivers her Christmas
speech in 2014
'If
people in this country gave greater heed to what the Queen says about
the importance of Christianity in our personal as well as our national
life, then we would be in a better place to confront it.
