What time is Queen Elizabeth’s speech on coronavirus tonight?

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THE Queen will address the British public over the ongoing coronavirus crisis tonight, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.

Her Majesty has recorded a speech, which will also be broadcast across the Commonwealth, from Windsor Castle.

The Queen speaking to Prime Minister Boris Johnson

When will the Queen deliver her speech on coronavirus?

The Queen has already pre-recorded her speech on coronavirus from Windsor Castle.

It will go out to the nation and the Commonwealth at 8pm this Sunday, April 5.

How can I watch the speech live?

You can watch the Queen’s speech live in HOAR’s coronavirus blog HERE.

The Queen’s speech on coronavirus will be broadcast on all major television channels and radio stations including the BBC, ITV and Channel 4.

It will also be streamed live on the Royal Family’s Twitter, YouTube and Facebook channels.

What is the Queen going to say?

The Queen will stress the importance of self-discipline and resolve during the coronavirus pandemic in a special TV address to the UK tonight..

Her Majesty will acknowledge the grief, pain and financial difficulties Brits are facing during this “time of disruption”.

She will also thank NHS staff and key workers, and emphasise the important role every individual can play.

The Queen is expected to say: “I am speaking to you at what I know is an increasingly challenging time.

“A time of disruption in the life of our country: a disruption that has brought grief to some, financial difficulties to many, and enormous changes to the daily lives of us all.”

She will add: “I hope in the years to come everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge.

“And those who come after us will say that the Britons of this generation were as strong as any.

“That the attributes of self-discipline, of quiet good-humoured resolve and of fellow-feeling still characterise this country.”

Queen Elizabeth’s message was filmed by a single cameraman wearing protective equipment, with all the other relevant technical staff in another room.

The Queen has only addressed the nation three times since taking the throne in 1952.

They were at the start of the Gulf War in 1991, following the death of Princess Diana in 1997 and following the death of the Queen Mother in 2002.

Which members of the Royal Family have been affected by coronavirus?

Prince Charles was revealed to have tested positive for coronavirus on March 25.

However, he has now recovered after a period of self-isolation.

Prince Charles’ wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall was tested and found not to have the virus.

No other Royal Family members have tested positive for coronavirus.

Earlier this week, Prince Charles opened the 4,000-bed NHS Nightingale hospital in London via video-link.

The facility, which was built in just nine days, will be used to treat Covid-19 patients who have been transferred from other intensive care units across London and is now the largest critical care facility in the world.

Prince Charles said: “It is without doubt a spectacular and almost unbelievable feat of work in every sense, from its speed of construction in just nine days to its size and the skills of those who have created it.

“An example if ever one was needed of how the impossible can be made possible and how we can achieve the unthinkable through human will and ingenuity.

“The creation of this hospital is the result of an extraordinary collaboration and partnership between NHS managers, the military and all those involved to create a centre on a scale that has never been seen before in the United Kingdom.”