May it please Your Majesty,
We, the Moderator and Clerk of the Synod of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland, extend to Your Majesty, on behalf of our Church, our sincere condolences on the death, in such tragic circumstances, of Lord Mountbatten.
The assassination, by unprincipled murderers, of one who was so closely related to Your Majesty and the Royal Family and who was a highly respected and honoured public figure, has filled the hearts of our people with sorrow.
Our earnest prayer is that the God of all comfort and the Father of mercies would, through His beloved Son, who wept at the grave of Lazarus, grant to Your Majesty and the other members of the Royal Family the healing and the comfort which He, alone, is able to give and which, alone, can effectively heal the wound made by this sad event.
With sympathetic regard on behalf of the Church.
(Sgd.) (Rev.) Donald M. Campbell, Moderator.
(Sgd.) (Rev.) Donald MacLean, Clerk.