While Christmastime is full of traditions, King Charles has broke from royal protocol for one of his most anticipated duties. RadarOnline.com can reveal Charles opted to film the annual Christmas address at a former hospital chapel, marking the first time in 18 years the annual speech will not be recorded at a royal residence.

King Charles will deliver his Christmas Day message from a church with links to the medical community, Buckingham Palace said Monday, in a break with tradition amid his continued cancer treatment.

On Dec. 23, it emerged that the King, 76, filmed the address at Fitzrovia Chapel, the former chapel of Middlesex Hospital in London. PEOPLE understands that the speech will reflect on national, international and personal challenges, and how they can be surmounted through mutual community support.