because as we said before the broadcast, joined the british services and served in the auxiliary territorial serviceervices and served in the auxiliary territorial service. so this is somebody who commands enormous respect and enormous authority. who has the ability, far more so than any politician, to offer a message such as that which can reassure, because people, i think, find her a very reassuring figure in a world of such change and uncertainty. when people feel frightened, as they do at the moment, facing this peril, this unexpected situation in which we all find ourselves. so i think many people will have tuned in in this country and elsewhere in the world tonight to listen carefully to the queen and to be reassured. one must hope that people will have been reassured by the words that she offered, particularly at the end of the broadcast. we should take comfort that while we still have more to endure, better days will return, we will be with our friends again, we will be with our families again, we will be with our families again and we will meet again. those are very powerful words and one c

were saying just before the broadcast, joined the british services and served in the auxiliary territorial serviceswho commands enormous respect and enormous authority. who has the ability, far more so than any politician to offer a message such as that which can reassure, because i people think —— i think people find her a very reassuring figure in a world of such change and uncertainty, when people feel frightened, as they do at the moment, facing this peril, this unexpected situation in which we find ourselves. let's get more reaction now with the royal editor for the london evening standard, robertjobson. there were some words there, we will meet again, which are deep in the national psyche. your response to what the queen chose to say? well like nick was saying, what's important about the message is that it wasn't a safe message. she could have said we just thank the nhs and the volunteer workers and of course she did say that, but it was both inspiring in terms of its message and it was instructive. the fact is, at the moment we have a prime minister through no fault of his own who is laying