Our values have remained and must remain, constant. But, through all changes and challenges, our nation and the wider family of realms of whose talents, traditions and achievements I am so inexpressibly proud have prospered and flourished. The institutions of the State have changed in turn. In the course of the last 70 years, we have seen our society become one of many cultures and many faiths. When the Queen came to the throne, Britain and the world were still coping with the privations and aftermath of the Second World War and still living by the conventions of earlier times.
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I know that her death brings great sadness to so many of you and I share that sense of loss, beyond measure, with you all.
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I pay tribute to my mother's memory and I honour her life of service. The affection, admiration and respect she inspired became the hallmark of her reign.Īnd, as every member of my family can testify, she combined these qualities with warmth, humour and an unerring ability always to see the best in people. In her life of service, we saw that abiding love of tradition, together with that fearless embrace of progress, which makes us great as nations. Her dedication and devotion as Sovereign never waivered, through times of change and progress, through times of joy and celebration, and through times of sadness and loss. That was more than a promise: it was a profound personal commitment which defined her whole life. In 1947, on her 21st birthday, she pledged in a broadcast from Cape Town to the Commonwealth to devote her life, whether it be short or long, to the service of her people. That promise of lifelong service I renew to you all today.Īlongside the personal grief that all my family are feeling, we also share with so many of you in the United Kingdom, in all the countries where The Queen was Head of State, in the Commonwealth and across the world, a deep sense of gratitude for the more than seventy years in which my mother, as Queen, served the people of so many nations. Queen Elizabeth was a life well lived a promise with destiny kept and she is mourned most deeply in her passing. Throughout her life, Her Majesty The Queen, my beloved mother, was an inspiration and example to me and to all my family, and we owe her the most heartfelt debt any family can owe to their mother for her love, affection, guidance, understanding and example. I speak to you today with feelings of profound sorrow.