They are chilling words. Queen Elizabeth II was to tell the nation that they were staring at nuclear conflict, urging the \u201cbrave country\u201d\u009d to stand firm as it faced up to \u201cthe madness of war\u201d\u009d.<\/p>\n
The words were only written as part of an exercise scenario, but they give a stark insight into the British government\u2019s mindset at a time of heightened tension with the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n
Although it was only a simulation, the text of the fictitious Queen\u2019s address \u201d\u201c supposedly broadcast at noon on Friday 4 March 1983 \u201d\u201c captures with chilling realism just how World War III may have begun. In sombre tones, it seeks to prepare the country for the unimaginable ordeal ahead. There are references to the Queen\u2019s \u201cbeloved son Andrew\u201d\u009d, serving with his unit as a Royal Navy helicopter pilot and the address by her father George VI on the outbreak of the Second World War \u201d\u201c famously dramatised in the film, The King\u2019s Speech.<\/p>\n