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Channel 4 have denied that they invited Morrissey to record this year's alterernative to The Queen's annual Christmas Day message, despite the singer's claiming they had.
The Smiths frontman had claimed that Channel 4 asked him to follow in the footsteps of Ali G, Edward Snowden, Marge Simpon and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to record a message to go out at the same time as the Queen's annual festive address.
Morrissey told fan website True For You "My view that the monarchy should be quietly dismantled for the good of England is reasonably well-known, but I don't think Christmas Day is quite the time to be trading slaps. The Queen should be allowed the impassioned trance of her annual address to the British people, if only to once again prove that, in her frozen posture, she has nothing to offer and nothing to say, and she has no place in modern Britain except as a figure of repression; no independent thought required. The Queen very well might be the most powerful woman in England, but she lacks the power to make herself loved, and the phony inflation of her family attacks all rational intellect.
"All over the world highly civilized peoples exist without the automatic condescension of a 'royal' family. England can do the same, and will find more respect for doing so."
However, a spokesperson for Channel 4 has told NME that the station never made such an offer, insisting, "We are not aware of any approach having been made to Morrissey to deliver Channel 4’s Alternative Christmas message."
This isn't the first time Morrissey has made a disputed claim via his fansite - earlier this year, he claimed multiple times to have been dropped by his label, despite them repeatedly saying they had done no such thing. He has since parted ways with Harvest Records.
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