1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: I speak to you today with feelings of sorrow. Throughout 2 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:12,119 Speaker 1: her life, her Majesty, the Queen, my beloved mother, was 3 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: an inspiration, an example to me and to all my family, 4 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:21,600 Speaker 1: and we owe her the most heartfelt debt any family 5 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: could owe to their mother for her love, affection, guidance, 6 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 1: understanding and example. Queen Elizabeth was a life well lived, 7 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:40,200 Speaker 1: a promise with destiny kept, and she is mourned most 8 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: deeply in her pasting that promise of lifelong service. I 9 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:52,559 Speaker 1: renew to you all today, alongside the personal grief that 10 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: all my family of feeling, we also share with so 11 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: many of you in the United Kingdom, in all the 12 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: country tries where the Queen was head of state, in 13 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 1: the Commonwealth, and across the world, a deep sense of 14 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 1: gratitude for the more than seventy years in which my 15 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: mother as Queen served the people of so many nations. 16 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: In nineteen forty seven, on her twenty first birthday, she 17 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: pledged in a broadcast from Cape Town to the Commonwealth, 18 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: to devote her life, whether it be short or long, 19 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 1: to the service of her peoples. That was more than 20 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 1: a promise, It was a profound personal commitment which to 21 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: find her whole life she made sacrifices for duty. 22 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 2: Her dedication and devotion. 23 00:01:55,560 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: As sovereign never wavered through times of change and progress, 24 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: through times of joy and celebration, and through times of 25 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: sadness and loss. In her life of service, we saw 26 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: that abiding love of tradition, together with that fearless embrace 27 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: of progress, which makes us great as nations. The affection, 28 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: admiration and respect she inspired became the hallmark of her reign, 29 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 1: and as every member of my family can testify, she 30 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: combined these qualities with warmth, humor, and an unerring ability 31 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 1: always to see the best in people. I paid tribute 32 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: to my mother's memory, and I honor her life of service. 33 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: I know that her death brings great sadness to so 34 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: many of you, and I share that sense of loss 35 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 1: beyond measure with you all. When the Queen came to 36 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: the throne, Britain and the world were still coping with 37 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: the privations and aftermath of the Second World War, and 38 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: still living by the conventions of earlier times. In the 39 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: course of the last seventy years, we have seen our 40 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: society become one of many cultures and many faiths. The 41 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: institutions of the state have changed in turn. 42 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 2: But through all changes and. 43 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: Challenges, our nation and the wider family of realms, of 44 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: whose talents, traditions and achievements I am so inexpressibly proud, 45 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: prospers and flourished. Our values have remained and must remain constant. 46 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: The role and the duties of monarchy also remain, as 47 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 1: does the Sovereign's particular relationship and responsibility towards the Church 48 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: of England, the church in which my own faith is 49 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:31,280 Speaker 1: so deeply rooted. In that faith and the values it inspires, 50 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,599 Speaker 1: I have been brought up to cherish a sense of 51 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 1: duty to others, and to hold in the greatest respect 52 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:45,799 Speaker 1: the precious traditions, freedoms and responsibilities of our unique history 53 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:52,720 Speaker 1: and our system of parliamentary government. As the Queen herself 54 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: did with such unswerving devotion, I too, now solemnly pledge 55 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 1: myself throughout the remaining time God grants me to uphold 56 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: the constitutional principles at the heart of our nation. And 57 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: wherever you may live in the United Kingdom or in 58 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 1: the realms and territories across the world, and whatever may 59 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 1: be your background or beliefs, I shall endeavor to serve 60 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: you with loyalty, respect and love as I have throughout 61 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: my life. My life will of course change as I 62 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: take up my new responsibilities. It will no longer be 63 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 1: possible for me to give so much of my time 64 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: and energies to the charities and issues for which I 65 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: care so deeply. But I know this important work will 66 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: go on in the trusted hands of others. This is 67 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 1: also a time of change for my family. I count 68 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: on the loving help of my darling wife Camilla, in 69 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:13,799 Speaker 1: recognition of her own loyal public service since I marriage 70 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:20,159 Speaker 1: seventeen years ago. She becomes my Queen consult. I know 71 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 1: she will bring to the demands of her new role 72 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: the steadfast devotion to duty on which I have come 73 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: to rely so much. 74 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,239 Speaker 2: As my Heir William now assumes. 75 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:38,039 Speaker 1: The Scottish titles which have meant so much to me, 76 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: he succeeds me as Duke of Cornwall and takes on 77 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: the responsibilities for the Duchy of Cornwall which I have 78 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 1: undertaken for more than five decades. Today, I am proud 79 00:06:55,760 --> 00:07:00,919 Speaker 1: to create him Prince of Wales, to whistle Cumley, the 80 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 1: country whose title I have been so greatly privileged to 81 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 1: bear during so much of my life and duty. With 82 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 1: Catherine beside him, our new Prince and Princess of Wales, 83 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: will I know, continue to inspire and lead our national conversations, 84 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: helping to bring the marginal to the center ground where 85 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: vital help can be given. I want also to express 86 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: my love for Harry and Meghan as they continue to 87 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:39,559 Speaker 1: build their lives overseas. 88 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 2: In a little over a week's time, we will. 89 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: Come together as a nation, as a commonwealth, and indeed 90 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 1: a global community, to lay my beloved mother to rest 91 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: in our sorrow. Let us remember and draw strength from 92 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 1: the light of her example. 93 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 2: On behalf of all my family. 94 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 1: I can only offer the most sincere and heartfelt thanks 95 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: for your condolences and support. They mean more to me 96 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: than I can ever possibly express. And to my darling Mamma, 97 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: as you begin your last great journey to join my 98 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 1: dear late Papa, I want simply to say this, thank you. 99 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:45,679 Speaker 1: Thank you for your love and devotion to our family 100 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: and to the family of nations. 101 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:52,199 Speaker 2: You have served so diligently all these years. 102 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.