At this solemn and profoundly unhappy time for our nation, the Commonwealth and the world, I provide His Majesty The King and the entire Royal Household, my heartfelt condolences on the demise of Queen Elizabeth II.
Regardless of how ready one could possibly be for at the present time, there aren’t any phrases that may adequately specific the sense of loss our nation will really feel.
Queen Elizabeth has been the fixed in all our lives over the previous 70 years. As our longest serving monarch, her exceptional reign has lasted, for most individuals, our whole lives – we all know nothing else.
All through these seven many years, she has been a rock of energy for our nation and the Commonwealth. There can merely be no finer instance of dignified public responsibility and unstinting service and all of us owe our honest gratitude for her continued devotion, residing every single day by the pledge she made on her twenty first birthday. Her dedication to our nation has been incomparable and, as such, she leaves an everlasting legacy.
I used to be very proud to have served as Queen Elizabeth’s twelfth Prime Minister. It was, every week, a privilege to have the virtually distinctive skill to take a seat down, in personal, with Queen Elizabeth and to have the ability to name on her sage recommendation and sensible counsel.
It’s a large benefit of the British system that Prime Ministers have this particular entry, and I used to be lucky to have been capable of name on the data of the world’s best public servant and, certainly, the world’s most skilled diplomat.
Queen Elizabeth’s document in overseas affairs speaks for itself: rebuilding relations with Germany after the warfare; supporting the emergence of a brand new South Africa; her historic go to to Eire in 2011, the primary ever go to by a reigning British monarch to the Republic; and her dependable dedication to serving to construct the Commonwealth into a unprecedented community encompassing one-third of the world’s inhabitants.
And right here at house, she has been a reassuring presence over seven many years, guiding our nation via each tough and joyous occasions. Most just lately, when there was a lot uncertainty and anxiousness over the rising pandemic, she was, as at all times, there for us all.
At present, I be part of the entire nation in mourning, but in addition in commemoration of a most extraordinary reign and a most distinctive life.
My ideas and prayers are with The King and the Royal Household right now of nice unhappiness. The nation has misplaced a loyal public servant; and the Royal Household has misplaced a a lot liked mom, grandmother, and nice grandmother.
I do know I be part of the entire nation in sending His Majesty our good will and all energy as he takes on the grave accountability as our monarch.
God Save The King.
