UNITED KINGDOM: QUEEN ELIZABETH VISITS STAFF AND PATIENTS AT THE ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL ONE DAY AFTER THE LONDON BOMBINGS

Record ID: 877164

  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM: QUEEN ELIZABETH VISITS STAFF AND PATIENTS AT THE ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL ONE DAY AFTER THE LONDON BOMBINGS
  • Date: 7th July 2005
  • Summary: 1 of 1 Items Duration00:03:31 CopyrightREUTERS - SOURCE TO BE VERIFIED Clip RestrictionsNONE (BN11) LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (JULY 08, 2005) (UK POOL - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF HELICOPTER LANDING ON ROOF OF ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL 0.23 2. VARIOUS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II MEETING STAFF OF HOSPITAL 1.16 3. CLOSE OF BRUCE LAIT, VICTIM OF TUBE BOMB IN BED 1.21 4. SLV QUEEN WALKING INTO THE WARD AND MEETING BRUCE LAIT 1.34 5. WIDE OF QUEEN MEETING BRUCE LAIT 1.41 6. WIDE OF APPLAUSE / QUEEN ENTERING ROOM 1.48 7. WIDE/ PAN OF STAFF OF HOSPITAL LISTENING 1.55 8. SCU (SOUNDBITE)(English) QUEEN ELIZABETH II SAYING: "Yesterday's bombings in London have deeply affected us all. I know I speak for everyone in expressing my sympathy to those who have been caught up in these events and above all to the relatives and friends of those who have lost their lives. My thoughts are also with the injured, some of whom I have been able to see and talk to today. I also want to thank you and all members of the emergency services and Transport for London, who are working with such care, professionalism and sensitivity, often in very difficult circumstances. You have the respect of all of us as you go about your business." 2.44 9. SIDE VIEW OF (SOUNDBITE)(English) QUEEN ELIZABETH II SAYING: "Sadly we in Britain have been all too familiar with acts of terror and members of my generation, especially at this end of London, know that we have been here before. But those who perpetrate these brutal acts against innocent people should know that they will not change our way of life." 3.05 10. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) QUEEN ELIZABETH II SAYING: "Atrocities such as these simply reinforce our sense of community, our humanity and our trust in the rule of law. That is the clear message from us all." 3.24 11. WIDE OF AUDIENCE APPLAUDING 3.28 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved Details Britain's Queen visits staff and patients in hospital after the London bombings. Queen Elizabeth, 13 years old when World War Two broke out, visited the Royal London hospital on Friday (July 7) to meet victims of the bombings and the staff tending to them. She spent some time talking to Mr Bruce Lait, a thirty-two year-old dancer who was injured in the first underground bomb blast. At the end of her visit she spoke to the staff reflecting the mood of many when she said Britain would not be cowed. "Sadly, we in Britain have been all too familiar with acts of terror. Members of my generation ... know that we have been there before." she said. "But those who perpetrate these brutal acts against innocent people should know that they will not change our way of life," she added. 'We can take it', the defiant phrase used by London's police chief the day after more than 50 people died in attacks on rush hour commuters has struck a chord in a city where memories of World War Two and Irish republican bombings have tempered panic and grief. Media reluctance to expose bereaved families to the limelight, and the fact that most people were spared the full horror of events on underground trains, have added to the impression of a nation taking trauma in its stride. Comparisons have been drawn with New Yorkers' experience on and after Sept. 11, 2001, although the scale of those eve nts was far greater, and more visible, than the London attacks. Some commentators are calling Thursday London's "7/7". And during World War Two, parts of London were devastated by German bombing raids and rocket attacks in which tens of thousands of people perished. The attacks -- which ministers said bore the hallmarks of the Islamic militant al Qaeda network -- were London's deadliest in peacetime and disrupted a summit of the leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised countries in Scotland. Police chief Sir Ian Blair said more than 50 people were killed in the blasts and 700 wounded, with 22 still critical. The bomb that tore off the roof of a bus killed 13 people, he added, compared to an initial death toll of two on the bus. He said people of many countries had been caught up in the blast, including Australia, China, Poland, Portugal and Sierra Leone. Investigators were examining a claim of responsibility from the "Secret Group of al Qaeda's Jihad in Europe" which said the blasts were punishment for Britain's involvement in Iraq. The group also warned Italy and Denmark to withdraw their troops. np/jrc
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