LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth told the British individuals on Sunday that they would overcome the coronavirus outbreak if they stayed resolute in the face of lockdown and self-isolation, conjuring up the spirit of World War 2 in an extremely rare broadcast to the nation.
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II checks out the head office of MI5, which is the United Kingdom’s domestic counter-intelligence and security firm, at Thames Home in London, Britain February 25,2020 Victoria Jones/PA Wire/Pool via REUTERS
In what was just the 5th televised address of her 68- year reign, Elizabeth called upon Britons to show the resolve of their forbears and demonstrate they were as strong as generations of the past.
” We will meet again”, she pointedly stated in a direct reference to the most popular British song from the war years of the 1940 s, when she was a teenager. “Much better days will return.”
” Together we are tackling this illness, and I wish to reassure you that if we stay united and undaunted, then we will conquer it,” the 93- year-old king said in the address from her Windsor Castle home where she is sticking with her other half Prince Philip,98
” While we have faced challenges prior to, this one is different. This time w