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A few hours before a long-awaited television interview by Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan, Queen Elizabeth II (94) emphasized the importance of contacts with family and friends in the Corona crisis. The pandemic has led to a lower appreciation of mutual support, the queen said in a Commonwealth Day speech broadcast on Sunday. The new technologies would have helped to overcome borders and divisions.
The need to get in touch with others is now “more valued,” said the monarch. The interview of his grandson Harry and his wife Meghan, which was supposed to air on Monday night (2:00 amCET), could, according to experts, cause a crack inside the royal house. The couple had given up their royal duties about a year ago and moved to the United States with their son Archie. Commonwealth Day 2020 was the last public appearance of the two for the royal family.
The monarch is the head of the so-called Commonwealth, a flexible association of states that arose from the former colonies of Great Britain. This year, Commonwealth Day falls on March 8 and the traditional church service at Westminster Abbey has been canceled due to the pandemic.
The Queen praised “poignant examples of courage, commitment and selfless commitment” in all Commonwealth countries. The queen wears the sapphire-chrysanthemum brooch on her jacket, which can also be seen in a photo of the queen on her 73rd wedding anniversary with her husband Felipe (99) in November. This was taken as a greeting to her husband, who is being treated in a hospital and recently had heart surgery.
The heir to the throne, Prince Charles, Harry’s father, and his second son, Prince William, with his wife, Duchess Kate, also participate in Commonwealth Day. Charles said the pandemic had affected every country, “cruelly robbing countless people of their lives and livelihoods.” But people would have reacted to challenges with “extraordinary determination, courage and creativity.” William and Kate can be seen videotaping medical staff and volunteers in South Africa, Malaysia and Bangladesh.
