Canadians (and the Commonwealth as a whole) heard in 1932 the first Royal Christmas Message, as read by George V, who, three years later, celebrated his Silver Jubilee. The euphoria was short lived, however, as the King died on 20 January 1936, and even the hope that surrounded the accession of his eldest son as King Edward VIII did not, as with his reign, survive the year. However, early into Edward's reign, in July 1936, he took his only foreign trip as the reigning sovereign, to unveil the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France, in his capacity as the king of Canada.