The Pittsburgh Press (October 10, 1940)
PRINCESS ELIZABETH BROADCASTS SUNDAY
New York, Oct. 10 –
Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, 14-year-old heir to the throne, will tell of personal experiences in the battle of Britain in her first radio broadcast, Sunday from 11:15 to 11:30 a.m. (ET). The broadcast will be heard throughout the world.
Stations KDKA and WJAS will carry the Princess’ talk in Pittsburgh.
This is the 1st news report you’ve posted that I can think of about someone who is still alive! She’s 93 years old now & has been on the throne for the last 67!
Oh, really? There may be some people in my previous reports who are potentially still alive (though in their 90s and 100s), but they’re mostly in the background.
Speaking of which, when Willkie campaigns in upstate New York (I’ll write about it soon), my Dad (who is still alive) would witness it as a child.
Can someone dig up an audio file of that speech? It’s beyond MY capabilities, but maybe some British chaps might know an archive…
I will post the link on October 13. 
CHILDREN’S HOUR BROADCAST
With Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth & Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret
In wishing you all ‘good evening,’ I feel that I am speaking to friends and companions who have shared with my sister and myself many a happy Children’s Hour.
Thousands of you in this country have had to leave your homes and be separated from your fathers and mothers. My sister Margaret Rose and I feel so much for you as we know from experience what it means to be away from those we love most of all.
To you, living in new surroundings, we send a message of true sympathy and at the same time we would like to thank the kind people who have welcomed you to their homes in the country.
All of us children who are still at home think continually of our friends and relations who have gone overseas - who have travelled thousands of miles to find a wartime home and a kindly welcome in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States of America.
My sister and I feel we know quite a lot about these countries. Our father and mother have so often talked to us of their visits to different parts of the world. So it is not difficult for us to picture the sort of life you are all leading, and to think of all the new sights you must be seeing, and the adventures you must be having.
But I am sure that you, too, are often thinking of the Old Country. I know you won’t forget us; it is just because we are not forgetting you that I want, on behalf of all the children at home, to send you our love and best wishes - to you and to your kind hosts as well.
Before I finish I can truthfully say to you all that we children at home are full of cheerfulness and courage. We are trying to do all we can to help our gallant sailors, soldiers and airmen, and we are trying, too, to bear our own share of the danger and sadness of war.
We know, everyone of us, that in the end all will be well; for God will care for us and give us victory and peace. And when peace comes, remember it will be for us, the children of today, to make the world of tomorrow a better and happier place.
My sister is by my side and we are both going to say goodnight to you.
Come on, Margaret.
(Margaret) Goodnight, children.
Goodnight, and good luck to you all.
The audio of the speech is available.
The Pittsburgh Press (October 14, 1940)
EMPIRE HEARS HEIR TO THRONE
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Princess Expresses Sympathy; Sister Is With Her
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London, Oct. 14 (UP) –
14-year-old Princess Elizabeth spoke to the nation she some day may rule by wireless last night – and today the British people had a new radio idol.
Composed, confident and without the slightest trace of nervousness, the dark-haired, grave-eyed child took her first independent act of royalty in her stride. She asked the children of the British Empire to have confidence because:
We know, everyone of us, that in the end all will be well; for God will care for us and give us victory and peace.
And when peace comes, remember it will be for us, the children of today, to make the world of tomorrow a better and happier place.
Carried Around the World
Elizabeth’s brief address was carried throughout the British Empire from “somewhere in the country.” Court attachés and everyone else agreed that she set a new high for the Royal Family in radio performances.
She was dressed in her rose-colored Sunday frock and wore her new “grown-up” silk stockings. Her younger sister Princess Margaret Rose, 10, was much the more nervous of the two as she sat by Elizabeth’s side, holding her breath in fear of a mistake.
But Elizabeth had practiced 10 times daily for the past fortnight and there was not a single error.
Message of Sympathy
Thousands of you in this country have had to leave your homes and be separated from your fathers and mothers. My sister Margaret Rose and I feel so much for you as we know from experience what it means to be away from those we love most of all.
To you, living in new surroundings, we send a message of true sympathy and at the same time we would like to thank the kind people who have welcomed you to their homes in the country. All of us children who are still at home think continually of our friends and relations who have gone overseas – who have traveled thousands of miles to find a wartime home and a kindly welcome in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States of America.