Queen Elizabeth Offers Easter Message Of Hope In The Face Of Coronavirus
Apr 11, 2020, 1:31 PM | Updated: Jul 26, 2022, 11:04 pm
Queen Elizabeth II talks with MI5 officers during a visit to the headquarters of MI5 at Thames House on February 25, 2020 in London, England. MI5 is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency. (WPA Pool/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images)
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(CNN) — Queen Elizabeth II is using her Easter message to encourage hope in the face of the coronavirus outbreak, saying it “will not overcome us.”
In a message released on Twitter, she said that Easter is a time of “light overcoming darkness.”
The Queen speaks of light overcoming darkness, and the hope that Easter symbolises, in a special message recorded to mark the Easter weekend. pic.twitter.com/fTFCOSVBtT
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) April 11, 2020
“This year, Easter will be different for many of us, but by keeping apart we keep others safe. But Easter isn’t cancelled; indeed, we need Easter as much as ever,” she said.
“The discovery of the risen Christ on the first Easter Day gave his followers new hope and fresh purpose, and we can all take heart from this.
“We know that coronavirus will not overcome us. As dark as death can be — particularly for those suffering with grief — light and life are greater. May the living flame of the Easter hope be a steady guide as we face the future.”
