Queen Elizabeth II nearly struck ‘whimsical’ Vera Lynn line from Covid speech
- Posted on April 10, 2026
- By The Times
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Queen Elizabeth II nearly struck ‘whimsical’ Vera Lynn line from Covid speech
Robert Hardman, the late monarch’s biographer, reveals that she crossed out ‘we will meet again’ from the script’s draft and had to be persuaded to reinstate it