'Final speech' from Queen in event of Nuclear War released
1st August 2013
Today, documents which were previously
classified were released by the National Archives. It included a
final speech which was prepared in 1983 for Her Majesty The Queen
to read out in the event of nuclear war. The ‘final speech’ starts
off by saying, “When I spoke to you less than three months ago we
were all enjoying the warmth and fellowship of a family Christmas.”
This speech was…

