The Queen of England sends a condolence message following the death of former First Lady of America Barbara Bush,92

THE Queen has sent a message of condolence following the death of former First Lady Barbara Bush at the age of 92.The wife of George HW Bush, in the White House from 1989 to 1993, passed away at her home in Texas two days after stopping hospital treatment for lung disease and heart failure.

The Queen has expressed her condolences at the news of the death of 

former First Lady Barbara Bush, 92

British Ambassador Sir Kim Darroch said that the UK government was “deeply saddened” by her loss.

Darroch said as one of only two women to be the wife of one US president and the mother of another she was a “very special person in American history”.

George HW Bush, 93, who was holding her hand when she died, called her the most “beloved woman in the world”.

In a statement, he said: “I always knew Barbara was the most beloved woman in the world, and in fact I used to tease her that I had a complex about that fact.

Her husband, George HW Bush, was holding her hand when she died and 

declared her the most ‘beloved woman in the world’

“But the truth is the outpouring of love and friendship being directed at The Enforcer is lifting us all up.

“We have faith she is heaven, and we know life will go on as she would have it. So cross the Bushes off your worry list.”

Bush’s son, former US President George W Bush, said: “My dear mother has passed on at age 92.

“Laura, Barbara, Jenna, and I are sad, but our souls are settled because we know hers was.

Barbara’s son and former US President George Bush expressed sadness but was reassured his mother’s soul was ‘settled’

Source:The Sun

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