Queen Elizabeth: We Will Succeed in Fight against Coronavirus

Queen Elizabeth II gave a rare address to the nation on Sunday, uplifting the spirits of her people in the United Kingdom and offering hope to her country as it faces the devastating coronavirus pandemic.

In a televised speech, only the fourth in her 68-year reign, the reigning monarch acknowledged the suffering that many families have endured because of the COVID-19 crisis, which has infected over 47,000 people in the UK and killed at least 4,934 of them, according to researchers.

“I am speaking to you at what I know is an increasingly challenging time,” Elizabeth shared. “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.”

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"We will succeed, and that success will belong to every one of us," the queen pointed out.

Speaking from Windsor Castle, the queen, 93, said: "While we have faced challenges before, this one is different."

"This time we join with all nations across the globe in a common endeavor, using the great advances of science and our instinctive compassion to heal. We will succeed - and that success will belong to every one of us.

"We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return: we will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again."