Summary
The Queen addresses the country.
In a rare address, the monarch says the UK "should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return".
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | Hello, it's Adam here. It's Sunday evening. |
| 0:07.7 | Country File has just finished, and we're now going to get a broadcast from the Queen. |
| 0:12.7 | One of only a handful of times she's done this when it's not been her Christmas message. |
| 0:19.0 | I'm speaking to you at what I know is an increasingly challenging time. |
| 0:24.5 | A time of disruption in the life of our country. |
| 0:28.6 | A disruption that has brought grief to some, financial difficulties to many, |
| 0:34.7 | and enormous changes to the daily lives of us all. I want to thank everyone on the |
| 0:41.5 | NHS frontline, as well as care workers and those carrying out essential roles, who selflessly |
| 0:49.4 | continue their day-to-day duties outside the home in support of us all. |
| 0:56.0 | I'm sure the nation will join me in assuring you |
| 1:00.0 | that what you do is appreciated, |
| 1:02.0 | and every hour of your hard work |
| 1:05.0 | brings us closer to a return to more normal times. |
| 1:10.0 | I also want to thank those of you who are staying at home, |
| 1:13.6 | thereby helping to protect the vulnerable and sparing many families the pain already felt |
| 1:21.6 | by those who have lost loved ones. Together we are tackling this disease, and I want to reassure you that if we remain |
| 1:31.7 | united and resolute, then we will overcome it. I hope in the years to come, everyone will be |
| 1:40.3 | able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge. |
| 1:50.4 | And those who come after us will say the Britons of this generation were as strong as any, |
| 1:56.5 | that the attributes of self-discipline, of quiet, good-humoured resolve and of fellow feeling still characterize this country. |
| 2:02.3 | The pride in who we are is not a part of our past. |
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