Elizabeth II Quotes
I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and ocean in the world, were united to support me in the task to which I have now been dedicated with such solemnity.
Elizabeth II. "Coronation Day Speech." 2 June 1953, Buckingham Palace, London.
He did not personally deliver the speech in Stockholm as at the time he feared that if he left the Soviet Union he would not be allowed back in. So he wrote it, and it was read for him.
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime, and was head of state of 15 realms at the time of her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days was the longest of any British monarch and the longest verified reign of any female monarch in history.