The king also thanked the “love and sympathy” expressed following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II. Standing next to a Christmas tree, he said in the pre-recorded message that it is a “particularly poignant time for all of us who have lost loved ones”.
Then he addressed the effects of the country’s growing economic problems.
— I especially want to pay tribute to all these wonderfully kind people who so generously give food or donations or … their time, to support those in greatest need, he said.