Queen Elizabeth is celebrating her 94th birthday on Tuesday while in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic
“I think very carefully about my grandparents who are, you know, at the age they’re at, and we’re doing everything we can to make sure that they’re, you know, isolated away and protected from this,” he told the BBC.
William added, “The family are getting a little bit more used to be able to contact each other and pressing the right buttons and not dropping the computer halfway through.”disconnecting the calls“For some reason, he sees the red button and he always wants to press the red button,” William said.amid the pandemic, expressing her gratitude for the efforts people are taking to stop the spread of the virus and acknowledged the severe challenges being faced by families across the world.
“Together we are tackling this disease, and I want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute, then we will overcome it,” she said. “I hope in the years to come everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge. And those who come after us will say the Britons of this generation were as strong as any. That the attributes of self-discipline, of quiet good-humoured resolve and of fellow-feeling still characterise this country.
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