{"id":58303,"date":"2020-04-06T20:52:38","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T20:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=58303"},"modified":"2020-04-06T20:52:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T20:52:38","slug":"coronavirus-queen-to-urge-self-discipline-and-resolve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=58303","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Queen to urge ‘self-discipline and resolve’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"International Desk: The Queen is to stress the value of self-discipline and resolve during the coronavirus pandemic in a special address to the nation on Sunday.<\/p>\n

In a rare speech, she will acknowledge the grief, pain and financial difficulties Britons are facing during this “time of disruption”.<\/p>\n

She will also thank NHS staff and key workers, and emphasise the important role individuals can play.<\/p>\n

Her address will be broadcast on TV, radio and social media at 20:00 BST.<\/p>\n

The Queen is expected to say: “I am speaking to you at what I know is an increasingly challenging time.<\/p>\n

“A time of disruption in the life of our country: a disruption that has brought grief to some, financial difficulties to many, and enormous changes to the daily lives of us all.”
\nShe will add: “I hope in the years to come everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge.<\/p>\n

“And those who come after us will say that the Britons of this generation were as strong as any.<\/p>\n

“That the attributes of self-discipline, of quiet good-humoured resolve and of fellow-feeling still characterise this country.”<\/p>\n

Why the Queen's message will be about unity
\nThe message was filmed by a single cameraman wearing protective equipment, with all the other technical staff in another room.<\/p>\n

It will be intended to reassure and rally people, BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell said.<\/p>\n

The decision to deliver the address has been made “in close consultation with Downing Street”, he added.<\/p>\n

The number of deaths in the UK reached 4,313 on Saturday – up by 708 on Friday's figure.<\/p>\n

The Queen's address will come less than a week after the Prince of Wales came out of self-isolation, following his diagnosis of coronavirus.<\/p>\n

Prince Charles, 71, spent seven days self-isolating in Scotland after testing positive and displaying mild symptoms.<\/p>\n

On Friday, he opened the NHS Nightingale Hospital in London via video link.<\/p>\n

Buckingham Palace previously said the Queen last saw her son, the heir to the throne, on 12 March, and was “in good health”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International Desk: The Queen is to stress the value of self-discipline and resolve during the coronavirus pandemic in a special address to the nation on Sunday. In a rare speech, she will acknowledge the grief, pain and financial difficulties Britons are facing during this “time of disruption”. She will also thank NHS staff and key […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":58304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n