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QUEEN ELIZABETH II TRIBUTES - BRISTOL QUEEN ELIZABETH II TRIBUTES - BRISTOL

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BOOBOO Easton RIP HM Queen Elizabeth II.

ELINA Bristol City Centre

RIP. She was a true inspiratio­n.

LINDA Weston-super-Mare Rest in peace, Ma’am. Thank you for everything you did for us.

MARGARET CALLISON Nailsea God bless. Rest in peace after all your dedication to all your subjects.

TONY WILKINS Clevedon RIP Your Majesty. Your country and Commonweal­th owe you so much. Thoughts with everyone who has the pride of the nation at heart. We’re truly devastated.

MEMBER OF THE BRISTOL BRANCH, THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ST GEORGE

Longwell Green

Love and grateful thanks to Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for a lifetime of devoted and unparallel­ed service to the United Kingdom, the Commonweal­th and the world. Deepest condolence­s to all the Royal Family and all in the Royal household. Know you are in many hearts, thoughts and prayers. JUDIT Weston-super-Mare

You will be so missed. Rest in peace, dear Queen. We will hold you in our hearts and memories forever. God save the Queen.

MAISON Nailsea Rest in peace.

LORNA MARTIN Clevedon God bless Queen Elizabeth. May you rest in peace after your devoted service to our country.

HELEN MILNE Westonsupe­r-Mare You have been Queen my entire life. Amazing example to us all. Rest now. You will be missed (Australia).

JULIE E Yate God bless you. Thank you for being such a kind, compassion­ate and wonderful person. Xxx MARLENE Southmead RIP Elizabeth II. We will miss you.

CAROLINE & IAN PAUL Fishponds We have only known Her Majesty as monarch in our lifetime. She was an amazing woman, mother and grandmothe­r. She dedicated her entire life to serving our great country. She will be sorely missed by the nation. Thoughts go out to the royal family.

TASHA Brislingto­n RIP our Queen. You served us well til the very end. You will be missed but never forgotten. KATIE SHEPHERD Brislingto­n Thank you for your service; you made us all proud to call you our queen. You served us with nobility, respect, loyalty and unwavering faith. Thank you. I wish you peace and rest in the knowledge that you served us well. Have a safe journey home to your lost loved ones in the kingdom of God.

ANNA Clevedon Devoted her life to her people to the end, just as she said she would. A well-loved and respected monarch. Rest in peace with Philip now. DAVID JACKSON Almondsbur­y The Queen treated everybody as equals. She will always be remembered for that. She is sorely missed. May she rest in peace.

GEMMA Bedminster Rest in peace our beautiful Queen. LUCY Hengrove Thank you to the Queen for serving our country for 70 years. She did a great job and I will tell my daughter all about it. Rest now with Philip. You deserve it. Thank you ma’am.

JACOB GEORGE Easton Gone but never to be forgotten. Go in peace. You completed the race with all grandeur. Nothing left to be conquered. You remain embedded in our hearts,

Your Majesty. Rest in peace. EVE Thornbury Safe journey, Your Majesty. You did our country proud. You stood up bravely and spoke aloud. Safe journey, Your Majesty. Wear your crown by the stars and know that you did good. The earth smiles now you are at peace. Safe journey, Your Majesty. CHARLOTTE Yatton Rest in peace to our lovely Queen, it was an absolute privilege to look up to you my whole life. My son can say he had a queen for the first year of his life and I hope he will remember her. I hope you enjoy your time with your husband now.

WENDY Fishponds RIP Your Majesty. May you rest long and peacefully after your dedication and servitude.

The likes of you – a wonderful lady who has given so, so much in her life – will never be forgotten. A reign many will not see again. Rest well, the Queen of our lives and times, Elizabeth R.

FRAN Brislingto­n Thank you, Your Majesty, for your duty, humility and care. May you rest in peace and always be remembered in history as Queen Elizabeth the Great! MARIA Clifton You will always be remembered and you will always be missed. KELVIN BULLOCK Yate Thank you for your service, love and courage for us all. Thank you for making Britain great!

JOE Clifton Thank you,

Your Majesty. You were the best queen we’ve ever had. I hope to be like you one day – maybe not a king, but as strong as you were. Rest in peace, Your Majesty, and reunite with your husband once more.

SUE LATHAM Almondsbur­y

A remarkable lady dedicated to her role as Queen. Rest in peace.

SARAH Fishponds Sending condolence­s to her family at this sad time. It was an honour to meet Her Majesty at the patrons’ lunch with the Epilepsy Society charity, who we fundraised for. MEHTA-GRAHAM Fishponds Queen of Hearts, an icon to women of all ages, heritage around the world, duty and service with grace and dignity. She is reunited with her beloved parents and love of her life. In a better place with no pain, only love and light. RIP.

MICHAEL CLARK Hengrove Seventy years of service. You will be sadly missed. RIP.

LIN Kingswood Rest in peace, Your Majesty. You served us well.

PETE J Portishead You transcende­d any class system and, in your dignity, taught us all how to behave. Thank you. RIP.

MISS JANE CARESLADE Clevedon RIP Your Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. So very sad to hear of your passing. You’ve been part of all our lives for such a long time. A truly amazing Queen. Reunited now with your love you lost not long ago. The world will miss you so very much. xxxxx

JAMES AND ANN Easton The world, Commonweal­th, UK and me and Ann will miss you. You were the most dedicated person to the UK that I have ever had the pleasure to witness. RIP Your Majesty.

TONIA Brislingto­n Thank you for your service, ma’am. Rest in peace. You will be sadly missed. Sending love to the royal family. It feels like we have lost a member of our family too. God save the Queen.

JADE CHECKETTS

Avonmouth You will never be forgotten. You served our country well. RIP. Up there the whole world is so proud of you and how far you have come.

PHILIPPA BATE Fishponds Rest in peace, Your Majesty. There will never ever be anyone like you. You were one of a kind.

B WARE Bishopston RIP HRH. It’s a sad and strange day. You have been a magnificen­t ruler and lived your life for your country.

MOLLIE MCGRATH

Southmead You were the guiding light to a nation, now you’ve gone there is frustratio­n, you were loved by one and all, oh why oh why did you have to fall? The country will rally behind your son, now you and Philip are together as one. You are the Queen forever, whatever the weather.

DEBBIE PEACH Clifton

RIP Your Majesty. You reigned with dignity, grace and a dedication beyond what could be imagined. You did our country and the Commonweal­th proud. May you rest in eternal peace with your beloved Philip.

ELLEN JONES Longwell Green RIP. You have worked all your life for us. Rest now with your beloved Philip. BLAKE Bedminster Down

God save the Queen.

PAT COPELAND Avonmouth Thank you for your service to us. Rest now and enjoy your ever after. You will be a hard act to follow. God bless. DONNA Coombe Dingle RIP to an amazing Queen and a lovely lady. Total respect and dignity at all times.

DAVID PIMM Clevedon Goodbye Queen Elizabeth. Philip will be waiting to greet you on your arrival, along with Diana, as we say goodbye. Thank you for being our monarch. May you rest in eternal peace.

JO NEWTON Fishponds

RIP Your Majesty. Reunited with your beloved husband. ADRIAN Nailsea Thank you, Ma’am, for your duty and service to our country. Be at peace beside your husband, the Prince Philip. Rest eternally in peace. AMANDA H Filton Truly saddened by the loss of Queen Elizabeth II. May her family and the world take comfort in all the wonderful things she did and the legacy she leaves. RIP Your Majesty, with your beloved Philip by your side, together forever. x GEOFF Longwell Green I was born in the same year as she became Queen: 1952. My grandmothe­r had a great influence on me when I was growing up and she was a staunch royalist. I guess this rubbed off on me. RIP.

LYNETTE CLEMENTS

Brislingto­n Your duties are over. Go rest your tired body. Back in the arms of your beloved Philip. xx

JO WRIGHT Weston-superMare RIP Your Majesty. You were the most remarkable woman. We love and respect you and sadly will miss your beautiful personalit­y and smile.

JEANETTE Bedminster Down You served your country many years. Now it’s time to rest with your beloved Philip. RIP. Xx

ROCHELLE PERKS Bedminster Down My thoughts and prayers go out to the royal family. It is so sad and so sudden. I was lucky enough to meet the Queen when I was little and gave her some daffodils at Kintbury, Berkshire, when she revealed a plaque at the local church. Rest in peace, Your Majesty, you will be sadly missed by many.

ROBERT BRUEFORD

Bishopston God bless you, ma’am, and may you now rest in peace. You worked tirelessly for decades, never faltering, with Philip by your side, your rock. It was a pleasure to serve you as both a soldier and a citizen of the United Kingdom.

SASKIA Longwell Green

What a glorious and glamorous, kind and inspiring woman. RIP and God bless the Queen.

ANNE Bedminster Down You will be missed deeply. You are now reunited with your beloved husband. RIP. SALLY Clevedon A beacon of light has gone in our troubled times.

BECKY Filton Rest in peace, Queenie.

ELAINE C Yate RIP you wonderful woman. What an inspiratio­n you were. Condolence­s to your family, ma’am.

JAS Kingswood Rest in peace. You will be missed. STACEY Bedminster Down

RIP Queen Elizabeth. You can now be at rest with your beloved husband. You will be missed by many and Great Britain will forever have a part of it missing with you gone.

MARION Brislingto­n You were our country’s mother and guided us along our paths. Some were easy, some were hard. Rest now peacefully knowing our hearts go with you. You will live on in the nation’s hearts. RIP Elizabeth. My sincere condolence­s to the family. KATH MAYALL Bishopston The end of an era. I was born when King George was on the throne but only remember the Queen’s coronation. We are part of history and the Queen will be sadly missed. Rest in peace after a lifetime of service to the country and the Commonweal­th.

LORNA Winterbour­ne A example to the world on how to live with dignity and respect. Once again reunited with her beloved Philip. May they both rest in peace. STEPHEN Redland We have lost a truly remarkable person who worked for us all. Tech savvy and I believe very modern in her ideas. My special down to earth moment was seeing a press photo of her looking under the bonnet of her Land Rover and I believe fixing it due to her Army transport training. I will miss her.

KERRIE STEWART Weston-super-Mare Rest in peace, Your Majesty, now back with your husband and all of your animals. Go find my horse, Flick. She will look after you – a special horse for an amazing horsewoman. DONNA EVERETT

Almondsbur­y Our beloved Queen will be missed but never forgotten. Goodnight, sleep tight. May God bless her soul.

RAVI MACKENJEE Coombe Dingle A lifetime of service and dedication will never be forgotten. A lifetime of being a pillar of strength to so many will never be forgotten. A lifetime of unwavering responsibi­lity and guidance will always be appreciate­d. Rest well, Queen Elizabeth II. Your life’s work has been one for the ages.

DEBBIE COX Avonmouth

God bless, rest in peace. xx SUE Kingswood A wonderful lady who gave so much to so many for so long. Thank you. xxx

LEIGH Brislingto­n RIP HRH the Queen, now reunited with your prince. Sleep tight. BRENDA Yatton You were such a wonderful person and Great Britain has suffered such a massive loss with your passing. Fly high now and be at peace, back in the loving

arms of your dear Philip. AMY H Southmead Rest in peace, Your Majesty. The only ever constant in our lives now leaves us. Thank you for your service and devotion to us, the British people, and indeed people of the world. A true icon who will always be loved and missed dearly. Condolence­s to the family.

GEE Easton God bless you, Your Majesty. Rest in peace. Thank you. x

ANTHONY HOSKINS Weston-super-Mare Deepest sympathy to all the royal family. We have lost a great woman who will never be forgotten.

CHRISTINE SMEETH Weston-super-Mare Ma’am, you will be greatly missed – a grand lady, everybody’s grandma. One who held our nation together. There will never be another like her.

The end of an era, a season of change.

KERRIE PREECE

Bedminster Down HM Queen

Elizabeth II, you were not only our Queen, you were a person we all looked up to for guidance and reassuranc­e. You are all we’ve known! Times are changing and Great Britain will never be the same! RIP my Queen.

NATALIE Fishponds Our Queen forever in our hearts. Thank you for 70 years, Your Majesty. May you rest in peace. Thoughts are with the royal family and friends at this sad time.

BEVERLEY HEWER

Fishponds RIP ma’am. DEREK Weston-super-Mare

In my opinion Queen Elizabeth has always been a figurehead the British people have looked up to. We will miss that and her warm and loving smiles in her speeches. She now joins her loving husband. May they both rest in peace.

HELEN Clevedon Thank you for all the hard work and dedication you have given us over the last 70 years. We will miss you very much. You are now with your beloved Philip and family. Rest in peace. x

KELVIN SHARPE

Portishead Ma’am, you were our guiding light, may you rest in peace.

LISA GALLAGHER Fishponds Rest in peace, Your Majesty. You are now reunited with your Philip. Goodnight ma’am.

SALLY Bedminster RIP to our lovely Queen. You served us well. x

MISS J HACKETT Fishponds Thank you for your hard work and dedication to a country that you loved and which loved you. RIP.

SAMANTHA Easton Thank you for being our pillar of strength all these years. The UK and the Commonweal­th will feel this loss for many years to come. May you now rest in peace with your beloved husband, Your Majesty.

MEL Almondsbur­y An amazing lady. Will be missed by all.

ELISABETE LOPES

Weston-super-Mare Thank you so much for being such an amazing woman and Queen. God bless the Queen. SHARON Coombe Dingle

Your Majesty, you became our Queen the year I was born and have been a constant in our lives, through all the country’s ups and downs. You have always remained loyal to the people of this lovely country of ours and have admired you greatly. Thank you. RIP. KAREN Longwell Green You have worked tirelessly for us all these years and it has been most appreciate­d. Rest in peace, our Queen and inspiratio­n to all womankind. You will be missed. Xxx

ANNE TYLER Fishponds

God bless you. Thanks for your service. I hope you are now reunited with your beloved family.

LINDA Winterbour­ne RIP to a beautiful selfless lady loved by us all.

DIANE Nailsea Rest in peace, Your Majesty. You had a wonderful reign and thank you for your service and strength in bad times and good. You will be missed but never forgotten, and my prayers go out to the royal family. Xxx

BECKS WIXLEY Avonmouth May you rest in peace, HRH Queen Elizabeth II. You have been an icon and a pillar of strength to everyone. You will be greatly missed and hugely remembered for your incredible sense of humour and dedication to the Crown and country and Commonweal­th. xx LORRAINE PAXMAN Yate To our dearest Queen: Thank you for giving your life for all of us. You will always be remembered for all you gave. Christmas days will never be the same not hearing your voice giving us such wise words. Now you can sign off and rest. Reunited with your beloved Philip. God bless. TANYA DAVIS Bedminster Down Your Majesty, thank you for your long and very loyal service. You were an inspiratio­n to so many. I for one thought you were incredible. You worked tirelessly until your passing. Now it’s time to RIP with your beloved husband Philip. Good night and God bless you, ma’am.

SHAYLA Yate Rest easy you wonderful, beautiful lady. It’s your time to rest up with Phillip. We will miss you.

RONAN BOOKER

Avonmouth RIP.

HELEN Filton I am truly saddened over the sad news our beloved Queen has died. She was the mother of all nations and did her best for our country. May you RIP

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December 1958: Queen Elizabeth II places the first long-distance phone call made without the help of an operator at the central telephone exchange in Bristol Photo: BT/PA Wire

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