It is hard to express just how shocked and saddened I am to hear the news of the death Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. For the whole of my life, The Queen has been on the throne; a figurehead for the nation, the Commonwealth, and the world. At a tender age of 21, she promised to devote her life to the service of us all, a promise that she kept right until the very last. We were so lucky to have her as our head of state, for seventy years, a constant figure in an ever-changing world.
My thoughts and prayers are with the whole of the Royal Family and I wish the best for His Majesty The King as he ascends the throne. Not only does he become the head of an institution thousands of years old, but he does so having just lost his mother whom he will be mourning.
May she rest in peace.
