In her Christmas speech, the Queen spoke movingly of her late husband, Prince Philip. It's the first December 25 she has spent without him.
has spoken movingly of her late husband, Prince Philip, on the first Christmas she has spent without him.
She also spoke of her husband’s “mischevious, enquiring twinkle” which was “as bright at the end as when I first set eyes on him”. The Queen said that families treasure the Christmas routines and listed the “singing of carols…; decorating the tree; giving and receiving presents; or watching a favourite film where we already know the ending”.
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