Waiting impatiently for news
yet not wanting to hear it too
All thoughts are with her Majesty 
to hope and pray is all we can do 

A strange atmosphere closes in
enveloping the whole nation 
Feeling unsettled and concerned 
there is an air of trepidation 

A constant in all our lives 
as we thought she would always be 
On hearing the news today
we face a different reality 

I think this final verse sums up
the nations feelings perfectly 
A message by Susanna Reid 
slightly adapted by me

No one more likely to be so loved
admired and respected than she
Although she cannot be immortal
I think we always hoped she might be