i now call on alex cole-hamilton, _ still needed. ole-hamilton, leader of - still needed. i now call on alex cole-hamilton, leader of the l cole—hamilton, leader of the scottish— cole—hamilton, leader of the scottish liberal democrats. presiding officer, your majesty is, we do not choose the life to which we do not choose the life to which we are born, and seldom do we shape the events that define our times. we can only hope to move through life with humility and close regard for those around us, to conduct ourselves in the time that we are given with compassion, with kindness and grace. the life of her majesty queen elizabeth ii was a towering example of all of those qualities manifest in a single human being. she always kept a special place for scotland in her heart, and she in turn found ample room in hers. her passing leaves a profound absence across our family of nations and these islands are united in our grief. her majesty came of age in the crucible of war, a period of gravest danger for our country. it fostered in her a deep

. >> i now call on alex cole hamilton, leader of the scottish liberal democrats >> presiding officer, your imagine industries, we do not choose the life to which we are born. and seldom do we shape the events that define our times. we can only hope to move through life with mu milt and conduct ourselves in the time we are given with compassion, with kindness and with grace. the life of her majesty, queen elizabeth ii was a towering example of all of those qualities manifest in a single human being. she always kept a special place for scotland in her heart as she in turn found ample room in ours. her passing leaves a profound an a sense across the family of these nations. her majesty came of age in the crews bell of war, a period of gravest danger for our country. it fostered in her a deep commitment to reconciliation, to peace and a common understanding among nations so evident in her commitment to the commonwealth. it's why she told us the listening world from cape town on the occasion of that 2021 birthday broadcast that while she was 6,000 miles away from the country of her birth,