Diolch, Llywydd. It's an honour to close this debate today. I want to pay tribute to our longest serving monarch, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Her life and her reign can be summed up in a couple of words: duty, and, as Huw Irranca-Davies has said, a remarkable service to our country. At the age of 19, Her Majesty enlisted during world war two to serve in the women's Auxiliary Territorial Service, and this was just the beginning of a life of commitment to this country and to its people. This was epitomised in Her Majesty's famous speech in Cape Town, as many have said today, where she stated:

'I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service'.

She has done that admirably throughout her reign. As Darren Millar has said, Her Majesty the Queen is the longest serving monarch in British history. Her Majesty has remained a stable influence and a calming presence over the country, and she has seen 14 Prime Ministers and four First Ministers, so I must say she has got an abundance of patience. 

Her Majesty the Queen has modernised the monarchy alongside her beloved late husband, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, and they turned it into the much-loved institution that it is today, with a global reach promoting British interests around the world, promoting peace, and doing as Sam Rowlands quite rightly said, uniting people together to better the world. Her Majesty's dedication and sense of duty can be seen clearly through her dedication to her countless charities, and she is regarded as doing more than any other monarch in history to support charities. She has been patron and president to over 600 charities during her reign.

It's not just Her Majesty's dedication to the country that we should all be in awe of. Her Majesty remained a great champion of her great work in the Commonwealth, over the years working to rebuild relationships and keep its members together since 1952, as Rhianon Passmore and Natasha Asghar mentioned. When Her Majesty was crowned, the Commonwealth had eight member states. Today, there are 54, and the Queen has overseen a process that has practically changed what it was before and transformed it into a voluntary association of sovereign nations working hand in hand together to promote world peace.

Quite simply, Members, Her Majesty has been steadfast as the head of state and as our monarch, and we and this whole nation will be forever in a debt. I think I speak for the whole Chamber here today when I say, 'God save the Queen'.