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friends will meet again
By John Inghamdown, that it is the right thing
to do.”
But the Queen pointed out that
this was a very different battle –
with the world united in battling thecoronavirus outbreak. She said:
“While we have faced challenges
before, this one is different.
“This time we join with all nations
across the globe in a commonendeavour, using the great advances
of science and our instinctive com-
passion to heal.”
Taking to Twitter to retweet a
story about her speech, US PresidentDonald Trump heaped praise on the
Queen, calling her a “great and
wonderful woman”.OPINION: PAGE 12A FORMER F1 boss is on
mission to help fight
coronavirus by providing
one million free meals in
the next three months to
frontline NHS workers.
Ron Dennis, who used
to run the McLaren team,
is spearheading
SalutetheNHS.org- which aims to ensure
stressed and overworked
staff get nutritious food.
He has teamed up with
Tesco, which will supply
the food, catering giant
Absolute Taste, which
will make the meals, and
logistics firm Yodel
which will deliver them.
The “Boost Packs” will
include the likes of
veggie curry with
wholegrain rice, beef
chilli with veggie rice,
and fruit, energy bars
and chocolate. The first
will be delivered today to
the John Radcliffe
Hospital in Oxford.
Priority will be given to
intensive care, A&E and
anaesthetic teams, who
can eat the meals
without having to change
out of protective gear.
Food packs will also
be delivered to NHS staff
who have caught the
virus and are at home.
Ron has donated
£1million to launch the
not-for-profit initiative
and will match-fund
another £500,000. The
Taylor Family Foundation
has pledged £50,000.
Ron, 72, said: “In life
there are things you can
do something about, and
helping the NHS is one
of them. This is very
personal for me because
my daughter is an NHS
anaesthetist.
“All of us, individuals
and businesses alike,
need to stand up and be
counted in the effort to
combat Covid-19. We’re
all in this together.“
To donate go to
justgiving.com/crowd
funding/salutethenhs or
call 0800 497 0797.
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On a
mission...
F1’s Ron
Dennismore time with daughters
Tara is happy to be reunited with childrenwith my daughters Annabelle,
17, and my energetic
two-year-old Meadow.
“Spending money on material
things like make-up, handbags
or a car actually means
nothing now.
“I am so grateful to be homewith my family and to be alive. I
feel truly blessed. However, it
feels bittersweet. I am aware
that not everyone is surviving
this and having a positive
outcome like me.
“I’m also aware of people who
are alone and isolated with littlesupport. It breaks my heart to
think of others suffering.
“I’m urging people more now
than ever to get in touch with
their conscience and humanity
and really reach out to those
around them as safely as possible
to offer help.”her words at the children
who had been evacuated
during World War II.
In the defining passage,
she concluded her speech:
“We know, everyone of us,
that in the end all will be
well; for God will care for us
and give us victory
and peace.
“And when peace comes,
remember it will be for us- the children of today - to
make the world of tomorrow
a better and happier place.”
By Richard PalmerTHE QUEEN REFLECTS ON HER FIRST EVER PUBLIC SPEECH FOR OUR NATION IN CRISIS
IN SUMMONING up her long
experience as a
stateswoman, the Queen
drew on her first ever public
speech to find the words to
rally a nation and
Commonwealth.
The 93-year-old monarch
recalled her wartime radio
broadcast to the children of
Britain and the Empire on
October 13, 1940.
The then 14-year-old
Princess Elizabeth, joined
at the end by her 10-year-
old sister Princess
Young Elizabeth and Margaret’s speech Margaret, aimed many of 1997...Queen addresses Diana’s death