LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth honoured those who died in World War Two on Friday, the 75 th anniversary of Success in Europe Day, and utilized the event to state she took pride in how individuals had actually reacted to the coronavirus pandemic.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II delivers an address to the country and the Commonwealth on the 75 th anniversary of VE Day at Windsor Castle, Britain, in this Buckingham Palace handout image launched Might 8,2020 Buckingham Palace/Handout by means of REUTERS
In a televised message, the 94- year-old queen stated those who had served during the dispute with Nazi Germany in the 1940 s would admire how their descendants were dealing with COVID-19 and the lockdown imposed to curb its spread.
” Today it may appear hard that we can not mark this unique anniversary as we would wish,” Elizabeth said, assessing the scaling down of events to mark the VE Day anniversary since of a restriction on celebration