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Prominent Figures Pay Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
James Corden is remembering the late Queen Elizabeth II's legacy.
Hours aft Her Majesty's death, the big paid tribute to the queen connected the Sept. 8 occurrence of The Late Late Show.
"I, similar the remainder of the world, americium truthful bittersweet tonight," helium said. "But also, truthful thankful and grateful to the queen for the astir unthinkable work and enactment that she has shown during each of our lifetimes."
Reflecting connected the queen's 70 years connected the throne—the longest reign of immoderate British monarch—Corden noted she observed 14 U.S. presidents and 15 U.K. premier ministers, with Prime Minister Liz Truss being appointed conscionable 2 days earlier Her Majesty's death.
"We viewed her arsenic immortal, an indispensable portion of the cloth of our world," helium said astir the queen. "There is, of course, an outpouring of grief and emotion crossed the globe. She was universally adored. She represented bully successful this world, surviving a beingness of honor, a beingness dedicated to service, dedicated to bettering the lives of others. But it's ever felt arsenic if she was determination for each of us."
Corden recalled however the queen "never wavered" and was "never political," noting she "didn't request america to perceive her opinions" oregon post astir them connected societal media.
"It was ne'er for her astir her ain PR," helium added. "And possibly that's wherefore she was arsenic beloved and respected by a president arsenic she was by the feline who lives down the street. And she would dainty some of them equally, too. It didn't substance who you were. She was determination for you."
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Corden besides spoke the stableness the queen provided successful a satellite afloat of uncertainty. "There are wars and divisions, fights, each implicit the globe," helium said. "People are dealing with changes successful the climate, changes successful governments, pandemics. There is squabbling, unrest, bitterness wherever you look. There's truthful overmuch instability but the queen was ever the queen: a guiding light. She was ever gracious, ever dignified, ever a shining illustration of leadership. She represented stableness successful a satellite wherever truthful often it feels similar the level is shaking."
And her bequest volition unrecorded on. "Queen Elizabeth was unique," Corden concluded. "Her life's enactment ne'er to beryllium repeated. Every idiosyncratic astatine location successful the United Kingdom and galore crossed the globe volition retrieve today. They'll retrieve wherever they were erstwhile they heard the news, quality that volition alteration our state forever. We volition ever observe her life, retrieve what she stood for and we volition ever beryllium thankful for her sacrifice."
Corden is 1 of many—including stars, political leaders and mourners astir the world—to wage tribute to the queen following her passing.
Queen Elizabeth II died peacefully astatine Balmoral castle successful Scotland successful the day of Sept. 8. She was 96 years old. Her passing came hours Buckingham Palace announced that doctors had evaluated the queen that greeting and were concerned for her health.
The queen's eldest son, formerly known as Prince Charles, is now king. In a statement, he mourned the decease of his "beloved Mother" the queen.
"We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished Sovereign and a much-loved Mother," the king said. "I cognize her nonaccomplishment volition beryllium profoundly felt passim the country, the Realms and the Commonwealth and by countless radical astir the world. During this play of mourning and change, my household and I volition beryllium comforted and sustained by our cognition of the respect and heavy affection successful which the queen was truthful wide held."
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