UCharles Michel uthe esitatimendeni sakhe ngeNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth II: "Ugqozi lwakhe ludlulele ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane". Nasi isitatimende esigcwele:
Sikhumbula owesifazane ophawulekayo namuhla. Umuntu omangalisayo. Owathwala umthwalo omkhulu kule minyaka engama-70 edlule. Ugqozi lwakhe ludlule ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane. Futhi yathinta izimpilo zabaningi.
Nakuba sonke sililela ukudlula emhlabeni kweNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth Wesibili, siphinde sicabangele nokubusa kwakhe. Ishiye ifa njengamanye ambalwa emlandweni waseYurophu nowomhlaba. Kusukela eminyakeni yezinxushunxushu yeMpi Yomshoshaphansi kwaze kwafika enkathini yomhlaba wonke yekhulu lama-21.
Kwabaningi, wayeyihange lokuzinza ezweni elishintsha ngokushesha. Wake wabizwa ngokuthi “Elizabeth Oqinile”. Ubengumholi ohlakaniphile ongakaze ahluleke ukusikhombisa ukubaluleka kwezimiso ezihlala njalo kuleli zwe lanamuhla - izindinganiso ezifana nenkonzo, ukuzibophezela, kanye nesiko.
Wake wathi: “Usizi luyinani esilikhokhela ngothando”. Wayehlonishwa, ehlonishwa futhi ethandwa ngobuqotho abantu abaningi emhlabeni jikelele. Imicabango yethu, okokuqala, neNkosi kanye noMndeni waseNdlunkulu, nabantu base-United Kingdom, kanye ne-Commonwealth.
Kithina e-European Union, ukubusa kwakhe kwahlanganisa cishe ingxenye egcwele yokuhlanganiswa kwe-Europe yangemva kwempi. Siyohlale silikhumbula iqhaza lakhe ekubuyisaneni phakathi kwezizwe zakithi ngemva kweMpi Yezwe II kanye neMpi Yomshoshaphansi. Wayeke wabhekana nenhlekelele yeMpi Yezwe II futhi ekwazi ukubaluleka kokwethembana nokubambisana phakathi kwamazwe ethu.
Abaningi babaholi bethu baseYurophu besikhathi esidlule nabamanje bake bawubona umoya wakhe wokungenisa izihambi ofudumele. Ngenza kanjalo ngezikhathi eziningana.
Sizokwenza ingxenye yethu ukuqhubeka nefa lakhe. Ifa lakhe elikhethekile lokwakha amabhuloho nokwakha ukwethembana phakathi kwezizwe.
