The Queen delivered a message of hope to Britain tonight saying the country will overcome the coronavirus crisis. In an extraordinary televised address to the country, the head of state praised the work of the NHS and the acts of kindness that the population has shown.
Her Majesty sympathised with many people who are finding the lockdown restrictions difficult, comparing the separation of loved ones to children who were evacuated in the Second World War.
But she echoed the words of Forces' sweetheart Dame Vera Lynne's Second World War anthem, when she said "we will meet again".
Speaking from Windsor Castle, the Queen sounded a positive note after what has been an unsettling period, saying: "We will succeed - and that success will belong to