Queen Elizabeth II Says in First Easter Message That 'Coronavirus Will Not Overcome Us'
is spreading more hope and optimism amid the coronavirus pandemic in a special Easter message released on Saturday, a day before the holiday.
"Many religions have festivals which celebrate light overcoming darkness," she said."Such occasions are often accompanied by the lighting of candles. They seem to speak to every culture, and appeal to people of all faiths, and of none. They are lit on birthday cakes and to mark family anniversaries, when we gather happily around a source of light. It unites us."
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