The 93-year-old monarch released her first ever Easter message during her 68-year reign, and it's warming hearts around the globe 🥰
Queen Elizabeth in her address from April 5. Picture: Buckingham Palace / afpShe spoke directly to families across the nation coping with the grief of losing loved ones to coronavirus.
It comes as the death toll for the UK today reached 9,875, with 917 new deaths in the last 24 hours and a total of 78,991 cases. “It’s a way of showing how the good news of Christ’s resurrection has been passed on from the first Easter by every generation until now.“But Easter isn’t cancelled; indeed, we need Easter as much as ever.
Instead, memorial coins were sent in the post to 188 pensioners who were due to attend the ceremony to thank them for their work in the community.
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