By Tim Dams Queen Elizabeth II has recorded a special broadcast on the coronavirus outbreak that will be broadcast on Sunday.
The broadcast comes amid a U.K. lockdown to tackle the coronavirus outbreak, which has so far claimed 3,605 lives in the country, including 684 deaths announced today.
The televised address, for the U.K. and the Commonwealth, will be broadcast at 8PM local time on Sunday. The address was recorded at Windsor Castle, where the Queen is staying with the Duke of Edinburgh.
It is unusual for the monarch to make an unscheduled broadcast to the nation. Sunday’s address will be only the fourth of her 68-year reign beyond her traditional message on Christmas Day.
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