'She made history, she was history. Queen Elizabeth II is gone but she will surely never be forgotten.”
“As a very young woman, she famously said her whole life, whether it be long or short, would be devoted to our service. Well, never was a person truer to their word. And today we have come together, many of us with tears in our eyes, but all of us with an abiding warmth in our hearts for all that she gave.
“If, as she once said, grief is the price we pay for love, then the weight of our collective sorrow is testament to the depth of affection in which she is held. She made history, she was history. Queen Elizabeth II is gone but she will surely never be forgotten.”followed in the footsteps of his father as he provided commentary for the Queen’s committal at Windsor Castle, which took place at St George’s Chapel.
His father, Richard Dimbleby, was one of the BBC’s main news commentators during the 1950s and 1960s and led major events including the Queen’s coronation in 1953, as well as the funerals of George VI, Winston Churchill and US President John F Kennedy.
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