remember her stadium. and i remember her equal pleasure on being told just a few weeks ago that she had been a smash hit in her performance with paddington bear. and perhaps more importantly, she knew how to keep us going when times were tough as. in 1940, when in this country and this democracy, faced the real possibility of distinction, she gave a broadcast, aged only 14, intended to reassure the children of britain. she said then, " we know, every one of us, that in the end all will be well". she was right and she was right again into the darkest days of the covert pandemics when she came on our screens and told us we would meet again and we did. ——

covid. i knowi meet again and we did. —— covid. i know i speak for other prime ministers, ex— prime ministers, she comforted us and guided us as well as the nation because she had the patient�*s and sense of history to see troubles come and go and that disasters are seldom as bad as they seem and it was that indomitable ability, that humour, that were cathy and that sense of history that made her elizabeth the great. —— work ethic. i should add one final quality, which was her humility, hersingle humility, her single bioelectric fire humility, hersingle bioelectric fire tupperware using refusal to be grand and, unlike us politicians, without convoys, as a direct eyewitness account tell you that she drove

herself, in her own car, with no detect lives or bodyguards, at alarming speeds over the scottish landscape, to the total amazement of the tourists we encountered and it is that indomitable spirit with which she created the modern constitutional monarchy, an institution so strong and so happy and so well understood, not just happy and so well understood, notjust in these country but anything commonwealth and around the world, that the succession has already seamlessly taken place and i believe she would regard it as her highest achievement that her highest achievement that her son, charles iii, her highest achievement that herson, charles iii, will clearly and amply follow her standards, her duty and service. and at the fact that today we can say with such confidence, god save the king, is a tribute to him but above

all to elizabeth the great who worked so hard for the good of the country, notjust now but for generations to come. that is why we mourn her so deeply and it is anything depths of our grief we understand why we loved her so much.— loved her so much. hear hear. theresa may- _ loved her so much. hear hear. theresa may. thank _ loved her so much. hear hear. theresa may. thank you - loved her so much. hear hear. theresa may. thank you mr i theresa may. thank you mr speaker, it is with great sadness i rise to pay tribute to the late majesty queen elizabeth ii. on my behalf and on behalf of my mabel had constituency. yesterday was a day we all knew would come but in our hearts of heart we hoped never would. in our hearts of heart we hoped neverwould. but in our hearts of heart we hoped never would. but as we mourn our beloved monarch, we must always remember she was a mother, a grandmother and great—grandmother and my

thoughts and prayers are with king charles iii and the whole of the royal family. and i also remember the close members of herfoil household. queen elizabeth ii was quite simply the most remarkable person i have ever met. i am sometimes asked, among all the world leaders i met, who was the most impressive and i have no hesitation in saying that from all the heads of state and government, the most impressive person i met was her late majesty queen elizabeth the. she gave a lifetime of service, she promised to do when she was 21. herselfless she promised to do when she was 21. her selfless devotion to duty was an inspiration and example to us all. she was respected and loved, notjust here in the united kingdom is an in her other realms of the

commonwealth, but across the world. and that love, respect and admiration was born out of and admiration was born out of a position but because of the person she was. a woman of dignity and grace, of compassion and warmth, of mischief and joy, of wisdom and experience and of a deep understanding of her people. like so many, until last evening, i have never known another monarch. she was a constant throughout our lives, always there for us, uniting us at times of difficulty and, as others have said, most recently during reigncovid —— covid. her passing marks a generational change not because just the length of her service but what

she lived through. in she was with world leaders notjust as queen but as someone who had borne uniform during the second world war, an experience which quite apart from everything else had taught how to strip and engine. laughter. the queen was always interested in people. when she walked into a room the faces of those present were lit up and her magnificent smile would come nerves and put people at ease. as i sat on her platinum jubilee people at ease. as i sat on her platinumjubilee in people at ease. as i sat on her platinum jubilee in 2018, when there was a reception at windsor before lunch and leaders were gathered talking amongst herself and i knew her majesty was going to join the reception they did not, the minute she walked into the room, the sense of love and respect was palpable and they all turned and they all wanted to speak to her. they loved her and she loved the commonwealth

and she loved the commonwealth and the commonwealth today is a significant part of a legacy. covid. i saw it on other occasions, including in her last appearance, when she came to open and hospice in my constituency injuly. the constituency in july. the moment constituency injuly. the moment she walked in the door, the atmosphere entered the room change. you felt the love and respect of the people there for her and as she spoke to staff and patients she exuded a warmth and humanity which put people at their ease. she was queen but she embodied us. across the nations of the world and for so many people, meeting queen elizabeth made the day for many it would be the memory of their life. of course, for those of us who had the honour to serve as one of the prime ministers, these were not

meetings with a high and mighty monarch but a conversation with a woman of experience and knowledge and immense wisdom. they were also the one meeting i went to which i knew were not be briefed out... i went to which i knew were not be briefed out. . ._ be briefed out... laughter. what made _ be briefed out... laughter. what made those _ be briefed out... laughter. what made those audiencesl be briefed out... laughter. | what made those audiences so special was the understanding of the queen had of issues which came from the work she put into her red boxes, combined with her years of experiences. she knew many of the world leaders and in some cases had died theirfathers and she was a wise judge of people. the conversations at the audiences were specials but so were we can that balmoral when the queen wanted her guests to enjoy herself. she would take an interest in what

books were put in her room and she did not always expect to be the centre of attention. she was quite happy sometimes to set playing her form was quite happy sometimes to set playing herform of patients while others were mingling around chatting to each other. my husband tells of a time he had a dream, he dreamt that he was sitting at the back of a range rover being driven around balmoral estate, the driver was her majesty the queen and the passenger seat was occupied by his wife, the prime minister and then he woke up prime minister and then he woke up and realised it was reality. laughter. up and realised it was reality. laughter-— up and realised it was reality. laughter. , , ., laughter. her ma'esty loved the countryside h laughter. her ma'esty loved the countryside and _ laughter. her majesty loved the countryside and she _ laughter. her majesty loved the countryside and she was - laughter. her majesty loved the countryside and she was down - laughter. her majesty loved the countryside and she was down to l countryside and she was down to earth and a woman of common sense. at a picnic at balmoral, the hampers came from the castle and we put the food out on the table. i picked up some cheese and was transferring it

to the table. the cheese fell on the floor. i had a split—2nd decision to make... on the floor. i had a split-2nd decision to make... i decision to make... laughter. i icked u- decision to make... laughter. i picked up the _ decision to make... laughter. i picked up the cheese, _ decision to make... laughter. i picked up the cheese, put - decision to make... laughter. i picked up the cheese, put it - decision to make... laughter. i picked up the cheese, put it on l picked up the cheese, put it on the plate and put it on the table and i turned around to see that my every move... laughter. was being watched very carefully by her majesty the queen. i looked at her, she looked at me and she just smiled. looked at me and she 'ust smiled. �* , looked at me and she just smiled._ and | looked at me and she just| smiled._ and of looked at me and she just - smiled._ and of the smiled. laughter. and of the cheese remained _ smiled. laughter. and of the cheese remained on _ smiled. laughter. and of the cheese remained on the - smiled. laughter. and of the cheese remained on the table. j cheese remained on the table. this is indeed a sad day but it is also a day of celebration of life well spent in the service of others. they have been very words of tribute and superlatives used to describe her majesty queen elizabeth ii

but these are not hype, they are entirelyjustified. she was the longest serving minor, she was respected around the world, she united a nation in times of trouble, shejoined in our celebrations with joy and a mischievous smile, she gave an example to a soul of faith, service, duty, of dignity, of decency. she was remarkable and i doubt we will ever see her like again. may she rest in peace and rise in glory. hear hean hello. this weekend we should see some spells of sunshine and it should be turning much drier as well. this very wet thing we have had all week continued to the end of the week, with lots

of heavy and showers across england and wales. it has been so wet because we have had low pressure getting close to us, but that is finally beginning to pull away towards the east, taking away those heavier showers, still feeding some cloud into this south—east scotland and north—east england but across other parts of scotland and northern ireland with clear skies, it will be quite chilly first thing in the morning. still got that cloud rolling into south—east scotland, northern england, could produce a little light rain or drizzle in the morning, other parts of england and wales are seeing some sunshine, there could be a scattering of light showers, most will be across eastern parts of england, scotland, northern ireland likely to be dry, the winds will be lighter, it may feel a bit warmer, temperatures around 19—22. as one area of low pressure moves away and we start to dry off we look to the atlantic to see a couple of areas of low pressure trying to push our way. it will be western areas that are more likely to see some rain, this rain mayjust rush the far south—west of england for a while, push into the westernmost parts of wales but the wet weather likely to be

here in northern ireland in the afternoon. much of scotland, much of england and wales drie, some spells of sunshine, early mist and fog around in the morning but temperatures getting to 23, will feel warmer in the north—east of england. this area of low pressure has some remnants of an ex— hurricane danielle which is heading towards iberia. this area of low pressure will drift down across the uk and bring these weather fronts, bringing rain overnight, scotland and northern ireland, the rain probably coming to west across the rain probably coming to rest across northern england and north wales, becoming lighter and more patchy. following that we have a north—westerly breeze and a few showers, also some much cooler air in the north—west, whereas ahead of the rain in the south—east it will be a warm day to start the week, temperatures into the mid— 20s. that weather front then moves away, and if there of england. moving in. heading into next week we will find drier weather across the uk, the winds would be lighter, there may be some sunshine but it should be a little cooler.

journey to join my dear late papa, i want simply to say this — thank you. as the throne passes from mother to son, those who got to know the queen well share their memories. these were not meetings with a high and mighty monarch, but a conversation with a woman of experience and knowledge and immense wisdom. i was talking to someone

with extraordinary knowledge, i used to look forward to it.