CoronavirusQueen Elizabeth II

A first look at The Queen's deeply personal television address to nation

The Queen will praise our “quiet good-humoured resolve” in a rare television address on Sunday evening. In her speech, Her Majesty will reflect her personal experience of other difficult times, and will praise NHS staff and key workers. The monarch will say: “I am speaking to you at what I know is an increasingly challenging time. A time of disruption in the life of our country: a…
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CoronavirusQueen Elizabeth II

The Queen to address the nation in a televised speech on Sunday

The Queen will address the nation on the coronavirus pandemic this Sunday at 8pm. Her Majesty has recorded a televised broadcast to the citizens of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth about COVID-19 which is engulfing the planet. The Queen’s speech will be broadcast at 8pm Sunday on the BBC, ITV, Sky and many other TV and radio stations. The address, entitled ‘a special broadcast…
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British Royals

Royal praise for soldiers helping build London's Nightingale Hospital

The Royal Family has expressed its thanks to those involved in turning the Excel Centre in London into a new hospital to treat patients with coronavirus. And the Duke of Gloucester led praise for the Armed Forces involved in setting up the NHS Nightingale Hospital which was been created in just a few weeks. The Duke, who is Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Anglian Regiment, spoke of his pride in…
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The Sussexes say goodbye via their Instagram

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have posted a touching farewell on their Instagram. Using their familiar blue style background, the Duke and Duchess posted an image with the words, “Thank you to this community, for the support, the inspiration and the shared commitment to the good in the world.” They then added a longer statement in the description: “As we can all feel, the world…
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