Coronavirus: The four times the Queen has addressed the nation before
, in response to the coronavirus crisis, is only the fifth time the monarch has given such a speech in her 68-year reign.
The Queen's televised speech at the time of her Diamond Jubilee marked a moment of celebration. In the speech, which was broadcast around the world, she said she was"deeply touched" to see so many people celebrating the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne. She said then that she hoped memories of the happy events that took place across the UK to mark the occasion would"brighten lives for many years to come".
The Queen's broadcast came after she returned to London from Balmoral, in Scotland, where she had been with her grandsons, William and Harry, after the sudden death of their mother in a car crash in Paris.
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