Queen promises ‘better days will return’ in coronavirus address
In a televised message, the 93-year-old monarch recognised the pain felt by many families living through this "time of disruption". The Queen thanked frontline NHS staff, care workers and others carrying out essential roles for their efforts in protecting and helping the country through the coronavirus crisis. Britons flocked to Twitter to praise the speech from Her Majesty.
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One simply wrote: "God save the Queen!"
Another tweeted: "Powerful message from the Queen.
"We are in this together and we will win against the coronavirus."
A third person wrote: "Now that I've stopped crying. #WellMeetAgain just wonderful.
"How lucky are we to have Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth as our Sovereign."
Another person commented: "HM The Queen. Providing sense in so much uncertainty. What a woman."
The Queen provided a deeply personal address as the UK desperately fights the accelerating coronavirus outbreak.Â
She said in her address to the country and Commonwealth: "I hope in the years to come everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge.
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"And those who come after us will say that the Britons of this generation were as strong as any.
"That the attributes of self-discipline, of quiet, good-humoured resolve and of fellow feeling still characterise this country."
The monarch acknowledged the "grief" some have experienced, the "financial difficulties" many face, and the "enormous changes" the country is enduring during the current nationwide lockdown to tackle the spread of coronavirus.
She added in the future everyone will be able to feel "pride" in how they rose to the challenge.
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The Queen said: "I am speaking to you at what I know is an increasingly challenging time.
"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."
In reference to the warm weather the country is currently enjoying, the Queen also thanked who are following the strict guidance from the Government to remain at home during the lockdown.
The message from the Queen comes after UK's coronavirus death toll surged towards 5,000.
Today the Department of Health confirmed 621 hospitals patients had died in the 24 hours to 5pm on Saturday, bringing the total to 4,934.
The figures also show the number of people to have tested positive has reached 47,806.
This means the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK has taken 15 days to go from 5,018 (as of 9am on March 21) to nearly 50,000.
The figures from the Department of Health also showed 12,334 people had been tested for coronavirus in the 24 hours to April 5.