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During a meeting she conducted the weekend before she passed away, the Queen came across as “alive” and “very engaged.”
A few days before she passed away, Queen Elizabeth II informed a visitor at Balmoral Castle that she had “no regrets.” The weekend before Her Majesty died away, Rt Rev Dr. Iain Greenshields, the moderator of the Church of Scotland’s General Assembly, spent time at her favorite Scottish home.
On ABC News, the preacher discussed how the late monarch’s unshakeable faith had supported her during her remarkable reign.”She mentioned immediately at the beginning of her period when she was becoming Queen that she was going to ask God for guidance,” he recalled.
“And she carried that with her throughout her life.”She stated she had no regrets at all when we were talking about her beliefs.
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She held power, but by serving her nation and doing it so effectively, she used it in a way that helped others.The Queen, who passed away on September 8 at the age of 96, was “alive” and “so engaging” during their final encounter, the reverend continued.
The fact that the lady who had been so lively, so alive, and so captivating should suddenly be dead and far away from us seemed plain unbelievable, he added.He continued: “She was 96. This gives you some idea of how the Queen felt in the days before she passed away. And her vulnerability was clear.
“However, as soon as she began to speak, an entirely another sort of person showed up.”Someone with an incredible memory, someone who knew everything about you, so she had done her research.”
Dr. Greenshields stated that the late sovereign maintained her trademark sense of humor until her final days.He stated, “She informed me when I was residing in the Tower Rooms that “Your Queen is sending you to the Tower!”
She smiled at me as she spoke, ensuring I grasped the humor rather than taking it too seriously.One of the religious leaders who spoke during Queen Elizabeth II’s royal burial was the reverend.
In his prayers, Dr. Greenshields reflected on the Queen’s “long life and reign” at the hour-long ceremony held at Westminster Abbey.He remembers her “gifts of intellect, dedication, and service” as well.
The reverend also spoke at the St. Giles’ Cathedral memorial ceremony days after the Queen died.After noting that the Queen had already received hundreds of tributes, he continued by saying that it was “starting to set in that she is gone from us – ‘gone home’ to express her own words.”
The Queen was renowned for having a deep faith, and during her regular Christmas speeches, she frequently showed glimmers of it.The Queen served as the supreme head of the Church of England and the country’s defender of the faith.
These responsibilities will now fall to King Charles III.Before being anointed with holy oil, blessed, and consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the new King or Queen will promise to govern according to the law, administer justice with mercy, and uphold the Church of England.
The King has, however, also vowed to defend the other religions practiced in Britain “no less rigorously” than Christianity.
The King pledged to protect “the space for Faith itself and its practice via the faiths, cultures, traditions, and beliefs to which our hearts and brains point us as people” at a meeting with religious leaders in the UK last week held at Buckingham Palace.
