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1	I am speaking to you at what I know is an increasingly challenging time .
2	A time of disruption in the life of our country : a disruption that has brought grief to some , financial difficulties to many , and enormous changes to the daily lives of us all .
3	I want to thank everyone on the NHS frontline , as well as care workers and those carrying out essential roles , who selflessly continue their day - to - day duties outside the home in support of us all .
4	I am sure the nation will join me in assuring you that what you do is appreciated and every hour of your hard work brings us closer to a return to more normal times .
5	I also want to thank those of you who are staying at home , thereby helping to protect the vulnerable and sparing many families the pain already felt by those who have lost loved ones .
6	Together we are tackling this disease , and I want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute , then we will overcome it .
7	I hope in the years to come everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge .
8	And those who come after us will say the Britons of this generation were as strong as any . That the attributes of self - discipline , of quiet good - humoured resolve and of fellow - feeling still characterise this country .
9	The pride in who we are is not a part of our past , it defines our present and our future .
10	The moments when the United Kingdom has come together to applaud its care and essential workers will be remembered as an expression of our national spirit ; and its symbol will be the rainbows drawn by children .
11	Across the Commonwealth and around the world , we have seen heart - warming stories of people coming together to help others , be it through delivering food parcels and medicines , checking on neighbours , or converting businesses to help the relief effort .
12	And though self - isolating may at times be hard , many people of all faiths , and of none , are discovering that it presents an opportunity to slow down , pause and reflect , in prayer or meditation .
13	It reminds me of the very first broadcast I made , in 1940 , helped by my sister .
14	We , as children , spoke from here at Windsor to children who had been evacuated from their homes and sent away for their own safety .
15	Today , once again , many will feel a painful sense of separation from their loved ones .
16	But now , as then , we know , deep down , that it is the right thing to do .
17	While we have faced challenges before , this one is different .
18	This time we join with all nations across the globe in a common endeavour , using the great advances of science and our instinctive compassion to heal .
19	We will succeed - and that success will belong to every one of us .
20	We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure , better days will return : we will be with our friends again ; we will be with our families again ; we will meet again .
21	But for now , I send my thanks and warmest good wishes to you all .