英语演讲原文：布莱尔为英国女王王太后去世致悼词

布莱尔为英国女王王太后去世致悼词

The Humble 1 Address and the Prime Minister's tribute to Her Majesty 2 Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother [03 April 2002]

HM QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER 4th August 1900 - 30th March 2002

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother died peacefully in her sleep on Saturday 30th March 2002, at Royal Lodge 3 , Windsor. Queen Elizabeth was a much-loved member of the Royal Family. Her life, spanning over a century, was devoted 4 to the service of her country, the fulfilment of her Royal duties and the support of her family.

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Mr Speaker, I begin by moving and reading the Humble Address.

I beg to move that an Humble Address be presented to Her Majesty expressing the deep sympathies and condolences of this House on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, whose life was given unstintingly in devoted

public service to the Country and the Commonwealth 5 ; who with his late Majesty King George VI rallied the nation in the darkest days of war and who in times of peace was a unifying 6 figure for Britain, inspiring love and affection in all She met.

On Friday Her coffin 7 will be carried in a ceremonial procession to Westminster Hall, where it will Lie-in-State until the evening of Monday, 8 April. Members of the public will be able to pay their respects there prior to the funeral, which will take place at 1130am on Tuesday, 9 April in Westminster Abbey.

Mr. Speaker, I know that the whole House will join with me in paying tribute to The Queen Mother, who for almost a century was part of our lives, inspired our country, aroused its respect and affection and for whose service and life we give our profound thanks.

Part of the fascination 8 with The Queen Mother was the sheer span of history She encompassed 9 , not just the great events of the 20th century, its wars, the ideologies 10 that came and went, but its technological 11 and scientific discoveries, its vastly changing culture. 1801 compared to 1701 was no doubt very different. But 2001 compared to

1901 seems an historic age apart and yet She saw it and experienced it all.

She was born during the Boer War, in an era virtually free from the motor car, a time when, She once remembered, a dairyman still often stood with his cow selling milk near the gates of Buckingham Palace. Yet at the end of Her life, thousands of people sent e-mails of condolence to the royal website.

The Titanic 12 sailed and sank when She was 11. World War I broke out on Her fourteenth birthday. Her first child was born in 1926, the year that television was invented. She was the last Empress of India. In 1986 She became the oldest person to bear the title of Queen in the history of the British monarchy 13 . And in all She saw 20 different Prime Ministers pass through Downing Street. One of my best memories of Her is sitting with Her at Balmoral, as She told me of Her personal recollections not just of Churchill and Attlee, but of Asquith, Lloyd George and Baldwin.

Undoubtedly 14 this long perspective brought stability to the monarchy and to the country. But the respect She received, the outpouring of affection accorded Her death, is not the result simply or even principally of Her long life. She