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Queen Elizabeth II has urged national reconciliation post September 18 Scottish referendum that led to polarise public opinion in her annual Christmas speech on Thursday.
British monarch has said that the differences of opinion after a divisive referendum that came close to splitting the 307-year-old union between United Kingdom and Scotland will take time to heal.
During the historic referendum, the 45 per cent Scots voted in favour of an independent Scotland, while 55 per cent voted to remain in the union.
The Queen has said: “In Scotland after the referendum many felt great disappointment while others felt great relief, and bridging these differences will take time.”
She has added: “Sometimes it seems that reconciliation stands little chance in the face of war and discord.
“But, as the Christmas truce a century ago reminds us, peace and goodwill have lasting power in the hearts of men and women.”
The 88-year-old queen has also hailed the progress towards peace in Northern Ireland, after a cross-party broad agreement made this week.
Recalling her Northern Ireland visit during June to advocate region’s peace process, a former Irish Republican Army commander had shown her a prison.
The monarch has said: “The benefits of reconciliation were clear to see when I visited Belfast.
My visit to the Crumlin Road Gaol will remain vividly in my mind. What was once a prison during the Troubles is now a place of hope and fresh purpose; a reminder of what is possible when people reach out to one another.”
The queen has also expressed of being “deeply touched” by the “selflessness” of medical staff fighting the Ebola outbreak while highlighting the importance of reconciliation between opposing sides in conflict, saying: “Bringing reconciliation to war or emergency zones is an even harder task, I have been deeply touched this year by the selflessness of aid workers and medical volunteers who have gone abroad to help victims of conflict or of diseases like Ebola, often at great personal risk.”
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Her Majesty’s Christmas message is simple and sincere whose every word means so much in bringing hope and inspiration to countless people in our troubled times. Your Majesty, Merry Christmas too and thank you to you and to your Great Nation for the gift of the English language. God bless and long may you still reign.