The Queen speaking to the nation

Together with, I gather, twenty four million other people I watched Her Majesty The Queen’s address to the nation last night. It was, as one would expect and, as had been indicated in advance, classically restrained and appropriate. Magisterial in all the right ways but also suitably maternal in speaking to her people.

I was interested this morning to see a piece from HuffPost giving popular US reaction to it alongside some comments from the UK. On that basis it clearly hit the mark. The post can be read at Twitter Fans Yearn For A Leader Like The Queen After Moving Speech — HuffPost UK