Today in 1924, the first broadcast made by King George V, was transmitted from the opening ceremony of the British Empire Exhibition.
An estimated 10 million people heard the transmission and many events around the country were suspended so that the public could listen. It was the first live radio broadcast made by a British monarch, and it is also the e…
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