Goodnight Children!
- POSTED ON: 2 Mar, 2018
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- POSTED BY: Chari Vijayaraghavan
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The whole world is discussing and debating migration – especially with respect to places with conflict like Syria. Did you know that recently, Queen Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning British monarch, and her first ever public speech was a compassionate message of solidarity to child migrants?
When she was just 14 (and still a princess), Elizabeth addressed the children who left their homes to escape the dangers of Word War II, on the BBC’s Children’s Hour radio slot in 1940. Listen to a goodnight war time message from the young princesses to the children of the world…
Elizabeth addressed thousands of homesick children who travelled abroad to Commonwealth countries to escape the threat of German invasion and bombings – a message that refugee organisations claim could be applicable to civic society today (given the context of thousands fleeing Syria and other nations).
Source: archive.org | Wikipedia