As a child, my Saturday dinners were backed by the voice of Ray Sonin hosting CFRB radio’s Calling All Britons. (Also Netflix’s The Crown, the first three seasons of which make for great isolation viewing. And so these sudden and brief remarks — just over four minutes in length — had the weirdly galvanizing effect of making the current crisis feel more real. Her Majesty The Queen addresses the UK and the Commonwealth in a special broadcast recorded at Windsor Castle. It defines our present and our future.”It was almost Churchillian in its cadence, a subtle reminder that the former Princess Elizabeth, who spoke to child evacuees during the Second World War (80 years ago!)

Source: National Post April 06, 2020 21:22 UTC