{"id":204312,"date":"2026-04-21T04:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T04:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/204312\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T04:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T04:13:08","slug":"king-charles-tribute-on-late-queens-100th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/204312\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles&#8217; Tribute On Late Queen&#8217;s 100th Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                                                                London: <\/p>\n<p>Britain&#8217;s King Charles on Tuesday paid a heartfelt tribute to his mother, the late queen Elizabeth II in a video message on what would have been her 100th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>The king&#8217;s moving homage came as the final masterplan for the memorial for the nation&#8217;s longest serving monarch was unveiled.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to Elizabeth as &#8220;darling mama&#8221;, Charles, 77, said she had &#8220;remained constant, steadfast and wholly devoted to the people she served&#8221; throughout her long life.<\/p>\n<p>The monarch died aged 96 in September 2022 after a 70-year reign.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Much about the times we now live in, I suspect, may have troubled her deeply, but I take heart from her belief that goodness will always prevail and that a brighter dawn is never far from the horizon,\u201d the king said in his message.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For as a young Princess Elizabeth put it in her first ever public broadcast, aged just 14, we can each play our part &#8216;to make the world of tomorrow a better and happier place&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a belief which I share, with all my heart,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cGod bless you, darling Mama; you remain forever in our hearts and prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A special tribute from His Majesty The King on what would have been Queen Elizabeth II&#8217;s 100th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 Watch in full on The Royal Family YouTube channel: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u8jeiFocT5\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/u8jeiFocT5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G8okauVtPZ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/G8okauVtPZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyalFamily\/status\/2046363748303036420?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The memorial to the queen will feature a statue by sculptor Martin Jennings of her as a young woman dressed in ceremonial robes.<\/p>\n<p>The bronze likeness will take inspiration from a celebrated 1955 portrait of her by Italian artist Pietro Annigoni.<\/p>\n<p>A 28-year-old Elizabeth sat for Annigoni in late 1954 just a couple of years into her reign.<\/p>\n<p>Robin Janvrin, Elizabeth&#8217;s former private secretary and chair of the memorial project&#8217;s committee, described the resulting portrait as a &#8220;lovely, iconic image of the young\u00a0queen&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The combined statue and plinth will stand 7.3 metres (24 feet) high at the entrance to the memorial in London&#8217;s St James&#8217;s Park, close to Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n<p>Unity bridge<\/p>\n<p>The memorial will feature a family of gardens through the park with meandering paths and a new translucent glass unity bridge, inspired by Elizabeth&#8217;s wedding tiara.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be a smaller statue of her late husband Prince Philip dressed in his naval uniform looking up at his wife.<\/p>\n<p>Charles and other members of the royal family will view maquettes of the planned statues and a scale model of the wider memorial on a visit to London&#8217;s British\u00a0Museum on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth, who was born on April 21, 1926 was not expected to become queen.<\/p>\n<p>An accident of history brought her to the throne after her uncle Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson in 1936.<\/p>\n<p>After the abdication her reluctant father, who suffered from a severe stammer, became King George VI.<\/p>\n<p>But his death in 1952 saw the young princess accede aged just 25, setting the stage for her record-breaking reign.<\/p>\n<p>Since her death, the royal family have endured a turbulent time as a result of illness, family estrangement and scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Both Charles and his daughter-in-law Catherine, wife of his elder son Prince William, have battled cancer, while his younger son Prince Harry wrote a wounding tell-all memoir after quitting royal duties with his wife Meghan.<\/p>\n<p>Charles&#8217;s brother Andrew meanwhile is facing a police probe amid new revelations about his ties to the late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                             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