Juno News - Queen Elizabeth II’s most memorable speeches

00:00:00.000 we are trying to do all we can to help our gallant sailors soldiers and airmen and we

00:00:14.440 are trying to to bear our own share of the danger and sadness of war we know every one of us that

00:00:24.840 in the end all will be well for God will care for us and give us victory and peace and when peace

00:00:34.320 comes remember it will be for us the children of today to make the world of tomorrow a better and

00:00:43.380 happier place I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be

00:00:53.400 devoted to your service and to the service of our great Imperial family to which we all belong

00:01:00.180 but I shall not have strength to carry out this resolution alone unless you join in it with me

00:01:08.280 as I now invite you to do I know that your support will be unfailingly given God help me to make good

00:01:17.700 my vow and God bless all of you who are willing to share in it my Lords members of the House of Commons

00:01:27.900 my husband and I look forward eagerly to the series of visits we shall make next year in the Commonwealth

00:01:36.480 where we shall renew and extend the friendships which we value so very highly in the early part of the

00:01:45.460 year we shall visit India and Pakistan on the invitation of the presidents of those countries and I welcome

00:01:53.700 especially this opportunity of seeing for the first time something of these two great nations of the Commonwealth

00:02:01.680 my government will play their full part in maintaining the North Atlantic Alliance and the other regional

00:02:10.380 pacts to which they belong my armed forces will continue to make their contribution to the safeguarding of

00:02:19.140 world peace the genius of Canadian federalism however lies in your consistent ability to overcome

00:02:28.520 differences through reason and compromise that ability is reflected in the willingness of the

00:02:36.720 ordinary people of French-speaking and English-speaking Canada and of the various regions to respect each other's

00:02:45.160 rights and to create together the conditions under which all may prosper in freedom as a nation we are

00:02:54.540 rightly proud of our armed forces that fight has been fully justified by their conduct in the Gulf War so

00:03:02.780 far as they with our allies face a fresh and yet sterner challenge I hope that we can unite in praying for

00:03:15.100 that their success will be as swift as it is certain and that it may be achieved with a smaller cost in

00:03:22.600 human life and suffering as possible then may the true reward of their courage be granted a just and

00:03:31.420 lasting peace 75 years ago hundreds of thousands of young soldiers sailors and airmen left these shores in the

00:03:43.560 cause of freedom in a broadcast to the nation at that time my father King George VI said what is demanded from us all is

00:03:58.580 something more than courage and endurance we need a revival of spirit a new unconquerable resolve that is exactly what

00:04:11.420 those brave men brought to the battle as the fate of the world depended on their success

00:04:18.420 many of them would never return and the heroic heroism courage and sacrifice of those who lost their lives will

00:04:31.880 never be forgotten it is with humility and pleasure on behalf of the entire country indeed the whole free

00:04:43.100 world that I say to you all thank you while we have faced challenges before this one is different this time

00:04:54.400 we join with all nations across the globe in a common endeavor using the great advances of science

00:05:01.400 and our instinctive compassion to heal we will succeed and that success will belong to every one of us we should

00:05:13.400 take comfort that while we may have more still to endure better days will return we will be with our

00:05:21.400 friends again we will be with our families again we will meet again but for now I send my thanks

00:05:30.400 and warmest good wishes to you all

Juno News - September 09, 2022