MADRID.- The king’s tenth Christmas message Philip VI registered an average audience of six million viewers, which represents a decrease of 673,000 viewers (-10%), according to Kantar data provided by Barlovento Comunicación.
This year’s message from the king registered a 64.1% audience share in the total of 30 channels that broadcast the speech live, which also represents a decrease of half a point in audience share compared to the previous year.
In addition, total television consumption was 9.4 million, a decrease of almost one million (-9%) compared to the 2022 message (10.4 million).
Felipe VI’s message of 2023 began at 9:00 p.m., lasted 12 minutes and 59 seconds, and the text of the message contained 1,467 words.
Regarding the profile of the audience, the speech was followed by 65% women and 62% men. By age, 65% were over 65 years old and 64.6% were between 15 and 44 years old.
Felipe VI advocates for the Constitution and urges to avoid the germ of discord
During his message, the king of Spain advocated respect for the Constitution and urged citizens to avoid the seeds of discord, in the midst of the political polarization that the European country is going through as a result of the amnesty law that the socialist Pedro Sánchez.
Preventing the germ of discord from ever settling among us is a moral duty that we all have, because we cannot afford it, said the monarch in his tenth Christmas message since he ascended to the throne in 2014, after his father’s abdication. , Juan Carlos I.
As in his last speech, delivered on November 29 on the occasion of the solemn inauguration of the XV Legislature, Felipe defended the Magna Carta, promulgated in 1978, which, in his opinion, is the greatest political success in recent history, which brought as a consequence the greatest success of Spain, by overcoming the division of the country.
Thanks to the Constitution we managed to overcome the division, which has been the cause of many errors in our history, which opened wounds, fractured affections and distanced people, the king noted.
FUENTE: Editorial with information from AFP and Europa Press
