The Diamond Jubilee Prayer released by the CofE reads:
THE PRAYER FOR USE BY ROMAN CATHOLICS READS:
Almighty God, we pray that your servant Elizabeth, our Queen, who, by your providence has received the governance of this realm, may continue to grow in every virtue, that, imbued with your heavenly grace, she may be preserved from all that is harmful and evil and, being blessed with your favour may, with her consort and the Royal Family, come at last into your presence, through Christ who is the way, the truth and the life and who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
It is interesting to note that the Anglican prayer is all about prosperity and happiness in this life while the Catholic one puts it into the context of this life as a preparation for eternity!
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