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Show xmn WE LOVE FOR SHE IS HERSELF By Sir- Vinston Churchill A day to be proud of . . . that was how Sir Winston Churchill, fresh from the pageantry of the Coronation, Coro-nation, summed it up in his radio speech from 10, Downing-street, last night. He spoke of the Queen as this "gleaming figure" and went on : " You have heard the Prime Ministers of the Empire and Commonwealth pav their moving tributes on behalf of the famous states and races for whom they speak. The splendours of this Second of June glow in our minds. "Now. as night falls, vou will hear the voice of our Sovereign herself the Queen's speech is on Page Six, crowned on our history and enthroned for ever in our hearts. "Let it not be thought that the age of chivalry belongs to the past Here, at the summit of our world-wide community, is the lady whom we respect, because she is our Queen, and whom we love because she is herself. " Gracious and noble are words familiar to us all in courtly phrasing. Tonight thev have a new ring in them, because we know they are true about the gleaming figure whom Providence has brought to us in times when the present is hard and the future veiled. " It is our dearest hope that the Queen shall be happy, and our resolve unswerving that her reign will be as glorious as her devoted subjects can help her to make it. "We prav to have rulers who serve, to have nations who comfort each oilier and have peoples who thrive and prosper free from fear. May God grant us these blessings." Then in a ringing, resonant voice, Sir Winston Churchill proclaimed, pro-claimed, " The Queen." And after the National Anthem, she spoke. |