Sir Edmund Hillary K.B.E., New Zealander and conqueror o1 Everest, who will speak immediately; before H.M. the Queen in the traditional BBC programme of greetings from the British Commonwealth and Empire on Christmas Day, 1953. Sir Edmund Hillary yesterday criticised the Nepalese Government's attitude to his expedition to build a hospital for Sherpas near Mount Everest. December 11, 1953. (Photo by BBC).