'I don’t think we’ll see the like of the Queen again”
The “ultimate public servant”, a beacon of kindness and a comfort to the grieving is how Queen Elizabeth II has been remembered by councillors in Leeds.
Read more: Heartbreak as Sant’ Angelo Italian Restaurant in Wetherby blames energy prices for decision to close down Liberal Democrat councillor Conrad Hart-Brooke said the Queen, “Served with this country without fear, without favour, always with grace and certainly sometimes with a twinkle of panache when things could not be said with open words.”
Labour’s Abigail Marshall Katung said she had been “an exemplar in goodness, kindness, in compassion and in leadership.” Fellow Labour member Julie Heselwood added: “Women were still treated as second-class citizens back in 1952. Society had narrow expectations for girls. He told the chamber: “When you strip away the pageantry, the ceremony and everything else, you realise that at its heart there’s a family there, mourning the loss of a mother, a grandmother and a great-grandmother.
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