{"id":49643,"date":"2020-04-05T22:29:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T21:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=49643"},"modified":"2020-04-08T22:31:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T21:31:55","slug":"queen-elizabeth-invokes-ww2-spirit-we-can-defeat-the-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/queen-elizabeth-invokes-ww2-spirit-we-can-defeat-the-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth invokes WW2 spirit: we can defeat the coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3207\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Queen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"814\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Queen.jpg 380w, https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Queen-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/>Queen Elizabeth told the British people on Sunday that they would overcome the coronavirus outbreak if they stayed resolute in the face of lockdown and self-isolation, invoking the spirit of World War Two in an extremely rare broadcast to the nation.<br \/>\nIn what was only the fifth 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.<br \/>\n\u201cTogether we are tackling this disease, and I want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute, then we will overcome it,\u201d the 93-year-old monarch said in the address from her Windsor Castle home where she is staying with her husband Prince Philip, 98.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"alignleft quote-simple \"><p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script> <!-- Automatic size Responsive --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1234237307185872\" data-ad-slot=\"7381563475\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins> <script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhile we have faced challenges before, this one is different. This time we join with all nations across the globe in a common endeavour, using the great advances of science and our instinctive compassion to heal. We will succeed \u2014 and that success will belong to every one of us.\u201d<br \/>\nThe broadcast came hours after officials said the death toll in Britain from the virus had risen by 621 in the last 24 hours to 4,934 with high fatalities still expected in the next week.<br \/>\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson is among those in self-isolation after testing positive for COVID-19, and the queen\u2019s own son and heir Prince Charles, 71, has recovered after suffering mild symptoms of the virus.<br \/>\nLike many countries in Europe, Britain is in a state of virtual lockdown, with people told to stay at home unless it was essential to go out. Health minister Matt Hancock said even stricter riles might be imposed if the current rules to curb the spread of the virus were flouted.<br \/>\nElizabeth thanked those who were staying at home, thereby helping to spare others from suffering the grief already felt by some families.<br \/>\nShe also paid tribute to health care staff for their selfless work and commended the \u201cheart-warming\u201d stories of people across the Commonwealth, of which she is head, and beyond for delivering food and medicines to those who needed them.<br \/>\nSunday\u2019s address was an extremely rare as the queen usually only speaks to the nation in her annual televised Christmas Day message.<br \/>\nIn order to ensure any risk to the elderly monarch herself was mitigated, it was filmed in a big room to ensure a safe distance between her and the cameraman, who wore gloves and a mask and was the only other person present.<br \/>\nElizabeth said the situation reminded her of her first ever broadcast in 1940, when she and her late sister Margaret spoke from Windsor to children who had been evacuated from their homes to escape bombing raids by Nazi German aircraft.<br \/>\nShe said that in the future people could take pride in how they too had dealt with such a challenge and disruption to their lives.<br \/>\n\u201cThose who come after us will say the Britons of this generation were as strong as any,\u201d she said. \u201cThat the attributes of self-discipline, of quiet good-humored resolve and of fellow-feeling still characterise this country. The pride in who we are is not a part of our past, it defines our present and our future.\u201d<br \/>\nShe even invoked the words of the famous song \u201cWe\u2019ll Meet Again\u201d by Vera Lynn from World War Two which became a symbol of hope for Britons during the conflict.<br \/>\n\u201cWe should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return,\u201d she said. \u201cWe will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Her Majesty The Queen addresses the UK and the Commonwealth in a special broadcast recorded at Windsor Castle. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HjO1uiV1Tm\">pic.twitter.com\/HjO1uiV1Tm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyalFamily\/status\/1246875266334539777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/queen-elizabeth-invokes-ww2-spirit-we-can-defeat-the-coronavirus\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queen Elizabeth told the British people on Sunday that they would overcome the coronavirus outbreak if they stayed resolute in the face of lockdown and self-isolation, invoking the spirit of World War Two in an extremely rare broadcast to the nation. 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