1 June 2022
Dear Colleagues and Friends
I wanted to wish you all a very happy Platinum Jubilee weekend and I hope that your celebrations are full of joy and make happy memories for the future.
I know that HM The Queen urges you to join with your family, friends and neighbours and have fun together as you remember the great changes that have taken place during her 70 year reign.
In her Accession message this year she said:
"As I look ahead with a sense of hope and optimism to the year of my Platinum Jubilee, I am reminded of how much we can be thankful for. These last seven decades have seen extraordinary progress socially, technologically and culturally that have benefitted us all; and I am confident that the future will offer similar opportunities to us and especially to the younger generations in the United Kingdom and throughout the Commonwealth.
And so as I look forward to continuing to serve you with all my heart, I hope this Jubilee will bring together families and friends, neighbours and communities – after some difficult times for so many of us – in order to enjoy the celebrations and to reflect on the positive developments in our day-to-day lives that have so happily coincided with my reign”.
Along with my colleagues from the Lieutenancy, I look forward to meeting you in all parts of Bedfordshire as villages and towns celebrate in so many different ways.
God Bless HM The Queen.
With kindest regards
Helen Nellis | HM Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire
Twitter @LLieutenantBeds | 07711289403 | ‘Plant a Tree for the Jubilee’
