We are approaching to the end of 2015 and like every year, in this particular moment of the year, the Queen Elizabeth II held her usual Christmas Broadcast not only for the citizens of Great Britain but also for the countries of Commonwealth, of which she is symbolic head.
The Queen Elizabeth II began her long reign over the United Kingdom and the other countries that belong at Commonwealth since 1952, year during which has been her official accession to the Crown.
From that moment till now she has always been a true protagonist of the national and international life of the United Kingdom.
In her Christmas speeches of the past she was used to wish “merry Christmas” and “happy new year”, but terminated these real greetings, she started to do a short brief about the main events happened over the months just passed.
This year has been rich of arguments that the Queen could have argued during her speech, in fact the economy of United Kingdom is increasing and the risk of another financial crisis is very far, although there are good economic signals for the future, the international situation in Libia and Middle East is still critical .
The huge immigration flows from the coast of North Africa toward the countries of European Union are affecting the whole Europe, but the true problem is the increasing of international terrorism.
So the Queen Elizabeth II with her last Christmas broadcast wanted to give us a viewpoint about the situation of international terrorism.
She highlighted how the 2015 began with a series of sad and tragic events for the West.
The terrorist attacks in Paris, first into the offices of French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo and after at the Kosher supermarket, near the Porte de Vincennes, scared the people of European Union and almost caused the end of the free circulation between the countries that belong at the concordat Schengen.
After those assaults in Paris, the threat of the Islamic terrorism did not stop its violence in that occasion and a few days later organised other attacks also in Denmark, Belgium and Tunisia.
Unfortunately in November 2015 the Europe and its citizens, are fallen again under the fear of Islamic Terrorism. A command compound by members belonged to Islamic State, entered into the Bataclan Arena, located once again in Paris, and opened the fire against the spectators who where watching the concert and killed more of one hundred people.
We must not to allow that these fundamentalist terrorists could frighten and put under pressure our continent of wealth and peace, so each of us should give his contribute to stop definitely this Islamic State. Therefore the Queen used her Christmas day address to emphasise that light can triumph over moments of darkness saying this: “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it”. Furthermore the Queen described the festive period as “a time to remember all that we have to be grateful for”.
However she wanted to remind that 2015 has been the year that marked the 70th anniversary of the World War II, thus the Queen renewed thanks for the service and sacrifice of those who took part in the conflict.
Using a citation by the same Elizabeth II: “the life of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, whose birth we celebrate today, is an inspiration and an anchor in my life. A role-model of reconciliation and forgiveness, he stretched out his hands in love, acceptance and healing.
Christ’s example has taught me to seek to respect and value all people of whatever faith or none”. Her viewpoint could be an interesting beginning to attempt to do something to change the word with a hope of a better destiny.