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On this day in 1958: how a poodle saved the Queen's speech

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In 1958, a BBC producer lost the script just hours before the broadcast – and a dog rescued it Credit: PA/Getty

It was 60 years ago today that the Queen broadcast her very first televised Christmas message...

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