Her Majesty is at rest with the love of her life, Philip, but her spirit will live on within us
Queen lives on in us all
SHE is at rest. Her final journey is over. The long, glorious era of Queen Elizabeth II is truly at an end.
Her body lies forever now in Windsor alongside those of her parents and the love of her life, Philip.
Her spirit will live on within us. In the hearts of millions who loved our monarch and mostly have known no other.
In all those whose lives she touched personally. In the causes she championed.
In our recollections of countless royal events, TV addresses, foreign tours, State visits, Jubilees and ceremonies great and small . . . all the joyous highs and heartbreaking lows of an extraordinary life of service played out in public.
She lives on in her indelible mark on the 20th and 21st Centuries and the history of our ancient country.
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In the strength and stability she provided during 70 years of tumult and vast change.
And, yes, she lives on in her hilarious, self-deprecating, image-reinventing turns with 007 and Paddington Bear. She would giggle to be remembered for those.
Now she lives too in the memories of those, of all ages, who watched yesterday’s breathtaking funeral.
The spectacle exceeded even our expectations, from the majestic beauty of the services to the processions’ shimmering pomp.
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Britain fell silent, respectful but awestruck too as the royals and regiments marched in the September sun.
Majestic beauty
We were unified by the overwhelming emotional power of this magnificently choreographed communal farewell to our longest-reigning monarch in 1,200 years.
No one will forget the day Britain, with the admirable help of leaders from all over the world, buried our Queen.
We congratulate all who took part in its planning and execution.
The only wrinkle? Harry being denied his uniform. For all his troubles, that seemed unfair.
When George VI died, Winston Churchill said our monarchy now had “a meaning incomparably more powerful than anyone had dreamed possible. The mysterious link which unites our Commonwealth of nations, states and races.”
He could not have dreamed how much stronger still the King’s daughter would leave it.
What a corrective yesterday was to those who say ours is a nation in decline. It was a proud day to be British.
The Queen will live on most of all in those closest to her, especially the eldest son who learned directly from her about duty.
Today the reign of Charles III truly begins. We have great confidence in him.
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Goodbye, our Queen. God bless you.
And God save the King.