Palace shares BTS video from King Charles Christmas speech

Buckingham Palace has released a behind-the-scenes video from King Charles Christmas speech, where the monarch called for "compassion and reconciliation" at a time of "division" across the world.

Palace took to social media and shared the video with caption, “Thank you to the talented and creative team that brought The King’s Christmas Broadcast to life!”

In his message, King Charles said he found it "enormously encouraging" how people of different faiths had a "shared longing for peace".

Charles praised individuals who risked their lives to save others in situations of violence, including those caught up in the killings at Bondi Beach in Australia this month.

"Individuals and communities have displayed spontaneous bravery, instinctively placing themselves in harm´s way to defend others," said the king whose words were accompanied by images of events at Bondi.

"As we hear of division both at home and abroad, they are the values of which we must never lose sight," Charles said in the message recorded at Westminster Abbey and broadcast nationally.

He said, "With the great diversity of our communities, we can find the strength to ensure that right triumphs over wrong. It seems to me that we need to cherish the values of compassion and reconciliation the way our Lord lived and died."

Charles did not make any reference to his fight with the illness, nor did he mention his younger brother Andrew who in October was stripped of his royal titles over his links to Jeffrey Epstein.

The message did feature images of his son and heir Prince William, as well as his grandson George.

King Charles and other members of the royal family, including Andrew´s daughters Princess Eugenie and Beatrice, attended a Christmas service at St Mary Magdalene Church on his private Sandringham estate in Norfolk.