Queen Elizabeth's speech to a Britain on the brink of nuclear war revealed in National Archives The words of a speech to have been read by the Queen in the event of nuclear war have been released. THEY might have been the final words ever addressed by Queen Elizabeth to her nation. But she probably never even saw them herself. With Britain on the brink of annihilation at the hands of a nuclear-armed Soviet Union, the monarch urges her "brave country" to stand firm as it faces up to the "madness of war." While the dangers were "greater by far than at any time in our long history," she appeals to people to remember the qualities which saw them keep freedom alive through two world wars. "As we strive together to fight off the new evil let us pray for our country and men of goodwill wherever they may be," she declares. May God bless you all. Fortunately, they were words the Queen never came to utter and has probably never even seen. They come from a remarkable script drawn up by officials as part of a Whitehall war gaming exercise designed to work through potential scenarios if the Cold War ever turned hot. Details of the WINTER-CIMEX 83 exercise - which took place in the spring of 1983 - are among the latest tranche of government documents to be released by the National Archives at Kew, London. Although it was only a simulation, the text of the Queen's address - supposedly broadcast at noon on Friday March 4, 1983 - captures with chilling realism just how World War III may have begun. In sombre tones it seeks to prepare the country for the unimaginable ordeal ahead. With a keen eye for detail, there are references to the Queen's "beloved son Andrew," serving with his unit as a Royal Navy helicopter pilot and the address by her father George VI on the outbreak of the Second World War - famously dramatised in the film, The King's Speech. "Now this madness of war is once more spreading through the world and our brave country must again prepare itself to survive against great odds," it reads. I have never forgotten the sorrow and the pride I felt as my sister and I huddled around the nursery wireless set listening to my father's inspiring words on that fateful day in 1939. Not for a single moment did I imagine that this solemn and awful duty would one day fall to me.