Queen to use Christmas Day message to acknowledge that 2019 has been 'quite bumpy'
Last month, the Duke of YorkThe Queen, 93, recorded her annual message, to beShe refers to the life of Jesus and the importance of reconciliation, saying"small steps taken in faith and in hope can overcome long-held differences and deep-seated divisions to bring harmony and understanding".
She does not offer any clarification herself, though the remark is made in the context of overcoming what she calls"long-held differences" and how"small steps taken in faith and in hope can overcome deep-seated divisions". The Queen said:"By being willing to put past differences behind us and move forward together, we honour the freedom and democracy once won for us at so great a cost."
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