“Never Give Up, Never Despair”, Queen Elizabeth II Recalls VE Day In Poignant Broadcast Amid Coronavirus Crisis
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deadline.comBy Andreas Wiseman International Editor “Never give up, never despair: that was the message of VE Day,” Queen Elizabeth II tonight told the British people in a national broadcast which also addressed the devastating coronavirus crisis.
The rare royal speech took place exactly 75 years after King George VI, the Queen’s father, addressed the nation on Victory in Europe Day, 1945.
In a short, elegant message the Queen said: “Today it may seem hard that we cannot mark this special anniversary as we would wish.
Instead we remember from our homes and from our doorsteps.” Thanking the wartime generation, the monarch, 94, said: “They risked all so our families and neighbourhoods could be safe.
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