The Alternative Christmas Message airs at 3.25 pm, Christmas Day on Channel 4 For the first time Her Majesty the Queen appears to be delivering Channel 4’s Alternative Christmas Message. The annual televised Christmas Day broadcast, usually a message of hope and unity, will be a stark warning about the advanced technology that is enabling the proliferation of misinformation and fake news in a digital age. Startlingly familiar at first, the Queen speaks “plainly and from the heart” in the address to reveal what she and Philip have been up to in lockdown, offer a hint about Prince Andrew’s future travel plans and share what she really thinks of Harry and Meghan’s move. Following a breath taking TikTok dance routine the Queen says the theme of her Christmas message is “trust” and in a final remark warns viewers to question “whether what we see and hear is always as it seems”.