Question

What was the purpose of the Queen’s Annus horribilis speech.

Answer 1

"Queen Elizabeth will once referred the year of 1992as an the "Annu horribillis"; a lating phrase meaning horrible year.

"1992 is non a year on which I shall look bach with undiluted pleasure" she said during a speech marking the 40th anniversary of her succession.

Answer 2

Queen Elizabeth II delivers her 'Annus Horribilis' address, detailing her sorrow at the events of the year, including the collapse of her two sons' marriage and the catastrophic fire on this day in 1992 at Windsor Castle at the Guildhall in London.