UK - Bless Them All, Queen Mum Tells Mass Crowd

(8 May 1995) T/I 10:05:51


STORY: QUEEN MOTHER
LOCATION: LONDON
DATE: 6 MAY 1995
DURATION: 1.31

Bless them all, Queen Mum tells mass crowd

Britain's Queen Mother Elizabeth and Prime Minister, John Major, on Saturday (6/5) opened the nation's celebration of the 50th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day at a colourful Hyde Park ceremony honouring those who fought to defeat a "tyranny beyond imagination." The Queen Mother, 94, was in Buckingham Palace when it was hit by a German bomb during World War Two. She inaugurated three days of celebrations with a call to those attending the events to "remember with pride and gratitude those men and women, armed and unarmed, whose courage really helped to bring us to victory. God bless them all." The opening ceremonies were both solemn and festive. They included prayers, choral songs and homages to the reconciliation of the warring parties. There was a colourful march-past of veterans, military and civilian. The
then-Queen Elizabeth regularly visited bombed sites in London's East End during the Blitz to help comfort victims of the attacks. She remains one of Britain's most loved royals because of her actions during the war.

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(LONDON, UK 6/5) WS Hyde Park ceremony inaugurating VE Day celebrations. Veterans marching past. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, watching and smiling. More veterans marching past. Queen Mother and her equerry. Queen Mother slowly approaching microphones. Queen Mother SOT: "This day will bring back many memories to many people. And I do hope that all those who go to the many ceremonies arranged will remember with pride and gratitude those men and women, armed and unarmed, whose courage and foresight really helped to bring us to victory. God bless them all." Crowd gives three cheers to the Queen Mother. Queen Mother smiling and waving.

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