Monday, April 6, 2020

BBC - Coronavirus: Queen tells UK 'we will succeed' in fight - Obvious difference from past struggles: The "we" of the UK and other Western nations is no longer a coherent people but a simmering multiracial pressure cooker --tma


The then Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret after they broadcast on Children's Hour from Windsor Castle
PA WIRE

The Queen has said the UK "will succeed" in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, in a rallying message to the nation.
In a rare speech, the monarch thanked people for following government rules to stay at home and praised those "coming together to help others".
She also thanked key workers, saying "every hour" of work "brings us closer to a return to more normal times".
It comes as the number of people to die with the virus in the UK reached 4,934. ...