A British citizen,Corden devoted his opening three-minute monologueto Queen Elizabeth II.

It didn’t matter who you were.

She was there for you."

James Corden looking at camera

“Today, we live in a world of uncertainty.

There’s so much instability, but the queen was always the queen.

She was always gracious, always dignified, always a shining example of leadership.

She represented stability in a world where so often it feels like the floor is shaking.”