singing good morning from gloucester cathedral.utes. a very good morning. it‘s tuesday, december the 2ath. our top story: the queen will use her christmas day message to say that 2019 has been "quite bumpy". it comes after a year of intense political debate over brexit, as well as a number of personal events affecting the royal family. here‘s more from our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. it‘s been a year which at times may have felt quite bumpy, so the queen will say in her christmas broadcast, recorded a few days ago at windsor castle. she doesn‘t clarify what it is that‘s been bumpy, which will inevitably invite speculation. these are her words, talking about reconciliation, she says. the obvious conclusion is that this is a coded message from britain‘s head of state, urging the country to move on from the divisions of the brexit debate. she also says in the broadcast that small steps can overcome long—held differences and deep—seated division. but the reference to a bumpy year might also be taken to refer to events within