Sarina Wiegman and Gareth Southgate pay tribute to Queen

• Sarina Wiegman says Queen Elizabeth II discussed.
• Inspired by the Lionesses’ Euro 2022 win in a letter.
• To the England women’s boss this summer.

Sarina Wiegman says it was the Queen who roused as “a mother figure for people to seek stability and peace from”.

In the interim, Britain men’s supervisor Gareth Southgate said the Queen showed the world “what it is to be British”.

England women won  won the nation’s most memorable significant competition since the 1966 men’s Reality Cup in July, and Wiegman said: “This mid-year she [the Queen] carved out opportunity to keep in touch with me and my players complimenting us for our prosperity.

“In that letter she called us an ‘inspiration for girls and women’. It is you, your Majesty, who was the inspiration with your unrelenting work ethic, leadership, dignity and kindness.

“The national anthem sung with such respect by my players and staff, served as a reminder of what she meant to the country. The words ‘send her victorious’ – a line written on our shirts, but was also in our hearts.

“My thoughts are with the Royal Family and the whole of the United Kingdom as they come to terms with this tragic news.”

Southgate, who repeated Wiegman’s opinion, said: “In recalling and commending the existence of Her Highness the Queen , we are likewise recognizing her surprising authority and lifetime of stately assistance.

“Her values, her dignity, her resilience were an exemplar to us all and she has provided us with stability and reassurance in the best and also most difficult of times.”

The Football Affiliation has affirmed recognitions will be paid during Britain’s Countries Association installation with Germany at Wembley on 26 September, including a time of quietness before start off and the wearing of dark armbands.

Southgate added: “The team will have the chance to pay our respects at our fixture with Germany later this month.

“An occasion that will, of course, bring to mind the World Cup final in 1966 and the moment when Her Majesty handed the Jules Rimet trophy to Bobby Moore.

“As Wembley and the country falls silent, I will think of that and her 70 years of impeccable duty.”

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