Coronavirus outbreak: Queen Elizabeth II calls for unity in “increasingly challenging time“ | FULL

Queen Elizabeth II appealed to her subjects on Sunday to exercise self-discipline in “an increasingly challenging time“ as Britain recorded 708 new coronavirus deaths just the day before. “I hope in the years to come everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge,” she said. “Those who come after us will say that the Britons of this generation were as strong as any.” The queen gives yearly Christmas messages but has given an address like this on only three previous occasions.