World leaders have spoken of her grace, charm, commitment to service and, of course, her courage shown to all, ally and foe alike, which she exemplified during World War II. Perhaps Dr. George Carey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, best expressed the reasons for this outpouring of emotion in his sermon a week ago when he stated:
C'est sans doute le Dr George Carey, archevêque de Canterbury, qui a le mieux exprimé les raisons de cette effusion d'émotion dans le sermon qu'il a prononcé il y a une semaine: