The queen said that if Christmas was a moment of happiness for many, it could be difficult for those who lost relatives, a sentence she says to understand especially this year, marked by the disappearance of Prince Philip.
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During his traditional Christmas speech, a festival of naming darkened by the Covid-19, the Queen of England, Elizabeth II, made a tribute affecting his late husband Philip. She mentioned her “mischievous” look, his “familiar laugh”, his commitment “pioneer” for the environment.
“Although it’s for many people a period of great happiness and cheerfulness, Christmas can be difficult for those who have lost loved ones. This year, I understand particularly why,” said the sovereign in this message , staff like rarely, recorded at Windsor Castle and broadcast Saturday, December 25th.
It appears by a red dress, sitting behind a desk on which a photograph of Philip is asked and she looks at each other smiling, taken in 2007 on the occasion of their diamond wedding (sixty years of marriage) . She wears a chrysanthemum spindle in sapphire she had trees for her honeymoon in 1947, jewel that also appears on the shot of 2007.
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The 95-year-old monarch ensures “drawn a great comfort” of the many tributes it has received since the death of the Duke of Edinburgh in April, at age 99 years. Evoking with tenderness Philip, with which she was married seventy-thirteen, she quotes “his sense of duty, his intellectual curiosity and his ability to have fun of any situation”. “Although I miss me, and misses my family, I know he would like us to take Christmas”, adds the queen, sitting with a big glittering tree, emphasizing the “joy” of the party.
The year 2021 has been a difficult for the sovereign, who after losing his husband had to give up most of his commitments. His doctors put him at rest after a night spent at the hospital in October for reasons that have never been specified.
These first end-of-year holidays without Philip, which she had qualified as “rock”, are offshore by the dazzling resurgence of CVIV-19 cases in the United Kingdom. After canceling the traditional lunch it gives before the holidays for about fifty members of his family, she gave up to Sandringham, in the east of England, remaining at the Windsor Castle near London, now His main residence. His eldest son, Charles, and his wife Camilla pass Christmas at his side but not his daughter Anne, who has beenolated himself since his husband has been positive to the coronavirus. Prince William, eldest son of Charles, his wife Kate and their three children spend Christmas in the east of England.
“Even if because of COVID, we can not celebrate quite as we would have liked, we can always enjoy many happy traditions,” Elizabeth II suggested in his speech.
The protection of the environment, recovered by Charles
Evoking the transmission of traditions and values, the queen cited the protection of the environment. She welcomed Philip’s “pioneering work” was “taken over” by Charles and William, involved in the Cop26 Climate Conference in Scotland as she had to cancel his coming.
The sovereign does not, on the other hand, not mentioned Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, who have distances his distances with the royal family in 2020 and now live in California, even if she rejoiced the birth of Four children in the royal family in 2021, including billet, second child of the couple.
The Queen spoke of the major events of 2022, including the Commonwealth Games next summer, and especially the celebration of its Platinum Jubilee, marking the 70th anniversary of his accession to the throne on February 6, 1952.