2016
"Prince Charles pays Shakespearean tribute to the Queen The Prince of Wales has broadcast a special Shakespearean tribute to the Queen to celebrate her 90th birthday. Prince Charles read an edited passage from William Shakespeare’s Henry VIII which includes the lines: 'She shall be, to the happiness of England, an aged princess; many days shall see her, and yet no day without a deed to crown it.' He personally chose his reading in consultation with Greg Doran, Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company."
Charles chose an extract from a speech by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer to King Henry VIII after the birth of the future Queen Elizabeth I. The reading from act 5, scene 5 (edited) begins:
"Good grows with her! In her days, every man shall eat in safety
Under his own vine, what he plants, and sing
The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours
God shall be truly known, and those about her
From her shall read the perfect ways of honour
And by this claim their greatness, not by blood"
The verse ends:
"She shall be, to the happiness of England,
An aged princess. Many days shall see her,
And yet no day without a deed to crown it"
Full reading (AUDIO) LINK)