Quote of the day by King Charles: “To my darling Mama, as you begin your last great journey to join my dear…”

Quote
of
the
day
by
Ki g
Cha les
(AP
photo)

Few
wo ds
spoke
at
a
mome t
of
pe so al
loss
ca y
the
weight
of
a
e ti e
lifetime.
Whe
Quee
Elizabeth
II
died
o
8
Septembe
2022,
he
eldest
so ,
Ki g
Cha les
III,
add essed
the
atio
the
followi g
day,
speaki g
as
both
a
ew
mo a ch
a d
a
g ievi g
so
at
the
same
time.
Reco ded
i
the
Blue
D awi g
Room
at
Bucki gham
Palace,
with
a
f amed
po t ait
of
his
mothe
esti g
o
the
desk
beside
him,
his
t ibute
combi ed
pe so al
affectio ,
eal
g atitude
a d
a
ecog itio
of
he
ext ao di a y
decades
of
public
se vice.
It
became
o e
of
the
most
widely
emembe ed
mome ts
of
that
e ti e
pe iod,
quoted
o
f o t
pages
ac oss
the
cou t y
the
followi g
mo i g.

Quote
of
the
day
by
Ki g
Cha les

“To
my
da li g
Mama,
as
you
begi
you
last
g eat
jou ey
to
joi
my
dea
late
Papa,
I
wa t
simply
to
say
this:
Tha k
you.
Tha k
you
fo
you
love
a d
devotio
to
ou
family
a d
to
the
family
of
atio s
you
have
se ved
so
dilige tly
all
these
yea s.
May
flights
of
a gels
si g
thee
to
thy
est”

What
is
the
mea i g
of
Ki g
Cha les’
quote

At
its
hea t,
the
message
is
about
g atitude,
love
a d
fa ewell.
Cha les
begi s
by
desc ibi g
his
mothe ‘s
death
as
a
“last
g eat
jou ey,”
a
ge tle
way
of
ami g
the
e d
of
a
life,
befo e
efe i g
di ectly
to
he
eu io
with
he
late
husba d,
P i ce
Philip,
who
had
died
i
Ap il
2021.
Rathe
tha
dwelli g
o
the
e o mous
co stitutio al
cha ge
actually
taki g
place,
Cha les
places
his
mothe ‘s
ole
fi mly
withi
a
family
co text
fi st.
He
tha ks
he
fo
the
love
a d
devotio
she
gave
to
he
family,
befo e
wide i g
that
same
g atitude
to
the
people
a d
atio s
she
se ved.

The
simplicity
of
the
wo ds
“tha k
you,”
epeated
befo e
he
expa ds
o
what
he
is
actually
g ateful
fo ,
tu s
the
t ibute
i to
a
exp essio
of
app eciatio
fo
a
e ti e
lifetime
of
se vice.

Why
Ki g
Cha les
tha ked
Quee
Elizabeth
II

Quee
Elizabeth
II
became
mo a ch
i
1952
a d
emai ed
o
the
th o e
fo
mo e
tha
seve
decades,
maki g
he
the
lo gest- eig i g
mo a ch
i
B itish
histo y.
Ac oss
that
pe iod,
she
se ved
u de
fiftee
B itish
p ime
mi iste s
a d
wit essed
e o mous
political,
social
a d
tech ological
cha ge.
Fo
Cha les,
though,
he
sig ifica ce
was
eve
limited
to
he
co stitutio al
ole
alo e.
She
was
also,
simply,
his
mothe .
His
t ibute
moves
betwee
these
two
ide tities
th oughout,
ecog isi g
he
commitme t
to
the
“family
of
atio s”
she
se ved
while
speaki g
about
he
i
the
deeply
pe so al
la guage
of
a
so
sayi g
goodbye
to
his
pa e t.

The
pe so al
mea i g
behi d
“my
da li g
Mama”

The
ph ase
“my
da li g
Mama”
gave
the
speech
a
ge ui ely
i timate
quality
that
stood
apa t
f om
the
fo mal
la guage
o mally
associated
with
oyal
add esses.
Cha les
was
speaki g
to
a
global
audie ce,
a d
yet
the
wo ds
themselves
we e
di ected
towa ds
o e
si gle
pe so .
Calli g
his
mothe
“Mama”
eflected
the
p ivate
family
elatio ship
sitti g
behi d
the
public
i stitutio .
Elizabeth
II
had
bee
Quee
to
millio s
of
people,
but
to
he
so
she
emai ed,
simply,
his
mothe .
That
co t ast
is
eally
what
gave
the
t ibute
its
pe so al
weight
athe
tha
letti g
it
feel
pu ely
ce emo ial.

What
“the
family
of
atio s”
actually
mea s

Cha les’
efe e ce
to
the
“family
of
atio s”
eflects
Quee
Elizabeth
II’s
ole
ac oss
the
Commo wealth,
a
volu ta y
associatio
of
i depe de t
cou t ies,
ma y
with
histo ical
co ectio s
to
the
B itish
Empi e,
of
which
she
se ved
as
Head
th oughout
he
e ti e
eig .
He
ole
i volved
mai tai i g
elatio ships
with
leade s
a d
people
ac oss
eve y
membe
cou t y,
while
ep ese ti g
a
ge ui e
co ti uity
th ough
decades
of
political
cha ge.
Desc ibi g
these
cou t ies
as
a
“family
of
atio s”
highlighted
exactly
the
elatio ships
his
mothe
had
wo ked
to
mai tai
ac oss
the
whole
of
he
eig .

Why
Cha les’
fa ewell
ce t ed
o
se vice

A
ce t al
theme
u i g
th ough
Quee
Elizabeth
II’s
public
life
was
duty.
I
he
1952
accessio
b oadcast,
she
pledged
he
life
to
the
se vice
of
the
people
of
the
U ited
Ki gdom
a d
the
Commo wealth.
Seve
decades
late ,
Cha les’
fa ewell
etu ed
di ectly
to
that
same
idea.
Desc ibi g
he
as
havi g
se ved
“so
dilige tly
all
these
yea s”
ecog ised
both
the
le gth
a d
the
shee
co siste cy
of
that
commitme t.
It
also
eflected
the
u usual
atu e
of
he
eig
specifically,
si ce
she
co ti ued
ca yi g
out
official
duties
well
i to
he
i eties,
i cludi g
appoi ti g
Liz
T uss
as
p ime
mi iste
o ly
two
days
befo e
he
death.

The
Shakespea e
efe e ce
at
the
e d
of
the
speech

Cha les
closed
his
t ibute
with
the
wo ds
“May
flights
of
a gels
si g
thee
to
thy
est.”
The
li e
comes
f om
William
Shakespea e’s
Hamlet,
Act
5,
Sce e
2,
spoke
by
Ho atio
as
he
mou s
his
f ie d
at
the
play’s
close,
“Now
c acks
a
oble
hea t.
Good
ight,
sweet
p i ce,
a d
flights
of
a gels
si g
thee
to
thy
est.”
The
efe e ce
gave
Cha les’
speech
a
ge ui ely
lite a y
a d
solem
co clusio ,
co ecti g
his
pe so al
fa ewell
to
o e
of
the
most
ecog isable
exp essio s
of
g ief
i
E glish
lite atu e,
a d
its
suggestio
of
a
peaceful
passage
i to
est
made
it
pa ticula ly
fitti g
fo
a
speech
delive ed
the
day
afte
losi g
a
pa e t.

How
the
quote
eflects
the
elatio ship
betwee
duty
a d
family

O e
of
the
most
powe ful
aspects
of
Cha les’
t ibute
is
how
it
b i gs
togethe
two
sides
of
Quee
Elizabeth
II’s
life
at
o ce,
a
mothe
withi
he
ow
family,
a d
a
mo a ch
with
espo sibilities
eachi g
fa
beyo d
it.
Cha les’
wo ds
ack owledge
both
di ectly,
fi st
tha ki g
he
fo
he
“love
a d
devotio
to
ou
family,”
the
expa di g
that
same
g atitude
outwa d
to
the
people
a d
atio s
she
se ved.
I
the
same
speech,
he
also
a ou ced
that
P i ce
William
a d
Cathe i e
would
become
the
ew
P i ce
a d
P i cess
of
Wales,
a d
exp essed
his
love
fo
Ha y
a d
Megha
“as
they
co ti ue
to
build
thei
lives
ove seas,”
a
emi de
that
eve
a
histo ic
co stitutio al
add ess
emai ed,
u de eath
it,
a
message
about
family.

How
to
apply
the
message
i
daily
life

The
ci cumsta ces
behi d
this
quote
a e
ge ui ely
u ique,
but
its
ce t al
message
of
g atitude
applies
just
as
well
to
o di a y
elatio ships.
Say
tha k
you
while
you
still
ca ,
si ce
the
people
who
matte
most
should
eve
have
to
wait
fo
a
fa ewell
to
hea
how
much
they
a e
actually
app eciated.
Recog ise
quiet,
u glamo ous
fo ms
of
se vice,
si ce
ca e
a d
espo sibility
a e
ofte
give
without
much
ecog itio
at
all.
Value
family
elatio ships
alo gside
p ofessio al
achieveme t,
a d
emembe
that
simple
wo ds
of
love
a d
app eciatio
te d
to
become
mo e
mea i gful,
ot
less,
with
time.

Some
othe
memo able
quotes
by
Ki g
Cha les

Why
Ki g
Cha les’
fa ewell
emai s
memo ableCha les’
fi st
add ess
as
Ki g
ca ied
a
u avoidable
co stitutio al
sig ifica ce,
a d
yet
its
most
memo able
passage
was
deeply
pe so al.
He
was
ot
simply
ack owledgi g
the
e d
of
a
histo ic
eig .
He
was
sayi g
goodbye
to
the
woma
who
had
bee
his
mothe
fo
mo e
tha
seve
decades.
The
epeated
“tha k
you”
captu es
the
ce t al
emotio
of
the
e ti e
t ibute.
Afte
a
lifetime
defi ed
by
public
duty,
Cha les
chose
to
close
his
fi st
add ess
as
mo a ch
with
somethi g
co side ably
mo e
p ivate,
a
emi de
that
behi d
eve y
title
a d
i stitutio
sits
a
o di a y
huma
elatio ship.
A
quee
ca
be
a
co stitutio al
figu e
to
a
e ti e
atio
while
emai i g,
simply,
“Mama”
to
he
ow
so .

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