God Bless Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
I went to sleep an Elizabethan, my heart troubled by the news of The Queen's failing health, and I awoke a Carolean with a heart full of sadness at the passing of Her Majesty.
My mother, my partner and I have all grown up with no-one but The Queen as our Head of State and we have known no other. Her Majesty was a stable and guiding hand during times of upheaval and uncertainty. I feel privileged to have lived in the second great Elizabethan Age, and I feel I owe her a debt of gratitude for the life of service she gave to me and millions of others around the world.
Whilst none of us can say we truly knew her - that privilege bestowed upon her immediate family and close coterie of friends - I think The Queen would want us to respect her memory, and mourn as we see fit, but she would also want us to carry on as she and so many others did during the Second World War and to prosper in her memory, taking the lessons that she taught us to make the world a better place.
Therefore, I say God bless Her Majesty, and as we move into an uncertain new world, I add with stoicism and hope in my heart, long live The King.
God bless Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, (21st April 1926 - 8th September 2022), Queen of the United Kingdom from 6th of February 1952 until her death on the 8th of September 2022, reigning monarch of of 70 years and 214 days, longest reigning British monarch, second-longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country, monarch, teacher, daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, Defender of The Faith, instiller of hope around the world.
God Bless Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
I went to sleep an Elizabethan, my heart troubled by the news of The Queen's failing health, and I awoke a Carolean with a heart full of sadness at the passing of Her Majesty.
My mother, my partner and I have all grown up with no-one but The Queen as our Head of State and we have known no other. Her Majesty was a stable and guiding hand during times of upheaval and uncertainty. I feel privileged to have lived in the second great Elizabethan Age, and I feel I owe her a debt of gratitude for the life of service she gave to me and millions of others around the world.
Whilst none of us can say we truly knew her - that privilege bestowed upon her immediate family and close coterie of friends - I think The Queen would want us to respect her memory, and mourn as we see fit, but she would also want us to carry on as she and so many others did during the Second World War and to prosper in her memory, taking the lessons that she taught us to make the world a better place.
Therefore, I say God bless Her Majesty, and as we move into an uncertain new world, I add with stoicism and hope in my heart, long live The King.
God bless Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, (21st April 1926 - 8th September 2022), Queen of the United Kingdom from 6th of February 1952 until her death on the 8th of September 2022, reigning monarch of of 70 years and 214 days, longest reigning British monarch, second-longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country, monarch, teacher, daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, Defender of The Faith, instiller of hope around the world.