We have all felt those emotions in these last few days. So what I say to you now, as your queen and as a grandmother, I say from my heart.
QUEEN ELIZABETH III hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana’s loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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This new power, which has proved itself to be such a terrifying weapon of destruction, is harnessed for the first time for the common good of our community.
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1992 is not a year I shall look back on with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it hasturned out to be an Annus Horribilis.
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[On the 1982 intruder into her bedroom:] I realized immediately that it wasn’t a servant because they don’t slam doors.
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When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.
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The upward course of a nation’s history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are caught up in some great event which gives us a glimpse of the solid and durable foundations of our existence.
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We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.
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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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Look, I know he has to appeal to the crazy right-wingers in his party, but the fact is, he’s not as forward-thinking as an eighty-seven-year-old lady who wears a crown on her head. It’s pathetic.
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Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.
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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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In the turbulence of this anxious and active world many people are leading uneventful, lonely lives. To them dreariness, not disaster, is the enemy.
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In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.
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The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
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[On being criticized for her serious expression:] I simply ache from smiling. Why are women expected to beam all the time? It’s unfair. If a man looks solemn, it’s automatically assumed he’s a serious person, not a miserable one.
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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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Football’s a difficult business and aren’t they prima donnas. But it’s a wonderful game.
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