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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Revd Dr Paul Mathole.

Good Morning.

Sixty nine years ago today, was the death of King George VI, and the day when our Queen, Elizabeth II, acceded to the throne.

George VI became King at the end of 1936 and so his reign was dominated by the tumult of the Second World War.

He鈥檚 a figure who鈥檚 been warmly remembered in a number of films and television series in the past decade.

The most recent example is the 2017 Oscar-winning film, The Darkest Hour. In the film, the action turns on a key night-time scene between Prime Minister Winston Churchill and King George at a time of national peril. Churchill is weighed down by a lack of support for what he was trying to do. The King says to Churchill, 鈥渓et me give you some advice. Go to the people鈥�let them instruct you... quite silently, they usually do鈥� but tell them the truth... unvarnished鈥�.

As the film goes on, Churchill follows the King鈥檚 advice. And the rest, as they say, is history.

The film taps into one of the oldest things you come across in stories of all kinds. When there is a good King or Queen on the throne, there is harmony in the land. Even when other upheavals and uncertainties come, such as war or, of course, pandemic. A good monarch brings stability and continuity. We have been blessed to have lived for decades under such a one.

Almighty God, the fountain of all goodness,
bless our Sovereign Lady, Queen Elizabeth,
and all who are in authority under her;
that they may order all things in wisdom and equity, righteousness and peace,
to the honour and glory of your name
and the good of your Church and people;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.

Amen.

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