On behalf of the people of Heanton Punchardon Parish we mourn the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and express our condolences to her family.

She was not only the country’s steadfast head of state for 70 years but a towering figure on the world stage, whose style, experience and character were universally admired. Her sense of duty both as Queen and as Head of the Commonwealth was unflagging to the very end, and an example to us all.

 

God Save the King.