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AGI – In a dramatic year marked by the coronavirus pandemic, “let the light Christmas, the spirit of altruism, love and above all hope will guide us in the times to come ”. This is the wish expressed by Queen Elizabeth in the traditional Christmas speech, delivered by the castle of Windsor where he is with Prince Felipe but without the other members of the royal family.
The emergency COVID-19 in fact, he did not allow the 94-year-old monarch to go to the residence as usual. Sandringham, in Scotland, to spend the holidays with relatives. Addressing those far from friends and family, Elizabeth recalled, “You are not alone.” What many “really want for Christmas is a simple hug or a handshake,” he acknowledged, stressing however that “even in the darkest nights there is hope for a new dawn.”
Then the queen celebrated acts of kindness, emphasizing how, “in UK and all over the world, people have met this year’s challenges wonderfully. I am so proud and touched by this calm and untamed spirit. “” Surprisingly – he added – a year that has necessarily kept people apart has brought us closer, in many ways. “