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Peter Bottomley – 2022 Tribute to HM Queen Elizabeth II

The tribute given by Peter Bottomley, the Father of the House, on 9 September 2022.

My constituents will wish me briefly to record their love and respect for, and gratitude to, Her late Majesty. We can give continuing life to her values and virtues, kindness, aspiration, perseverance and pride. We thank her; we miss her; and we should say what she would wish: God save the King.