In what is said to be her first Easter message, Her Royal Highness The Queen said; “We need Easter”.
“Coronaavirus will not overcome us”, she continued.
While celebrations this year wound being very difficult for so many people this year, Her Royal Highness said: “We need Easer as much as ever”.
Referencing the tradition of lighting candles to mark the occasion, she said: “As as death can be – particularly those suffering with grief – light and life are greater”.
It comes as the number of people to die from coronavirus in the UK hospitals reached 9,875.
Speaking from Windsor Castle, Her Royal Highness made referents of many religions having festivals celebrations of light overcoming darkness which often features the lighting of candles.
This Easter speech comes a week after her special speech to rally her commonwealth during the Covid-17 pandemic.
She said: “They seem to speak to every culture, and appeal to people of all faiths, and none.
“They are lit on birthday cakes and to mark family anniversaries, which we gather happily around a source of light.
“It unites us.
As head of the Church of England, she continues: “As the darkness fall today, just before Easter Day, many Christians will light a candle together.
“In churches, one light will pass to another, spreading slowly and then more rapidly as more candles are lit.
“It’s a way of showing how the good news of Christ’s resurrection has been passed on from the first Easter by every nation until now”.
Wishing everyone, of all faiths and denominations, a blessed Easter, she said; “May the living flame of the Easter hope be a steady guide as we face the future”.
