Grief is the price we pay for love.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II[On the 1982 intruder into her bedroom:] I realized immediately that it wasn’t a servant because they don’t slam doors.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.
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I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and ocean in the world, were united to support me in the task to which I have now been dedicated with such solemnity.
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For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
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Think what we would have missed if we had never … used a mobile phone or surfed the Net — or, to be honest, listened to other people talking about surfing the Net.
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My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.
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I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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The Christmas message shows us that this love is for everyone. There is no one beyond its reach.
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Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
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I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.
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Families, friends and communities often find a source of courage rising up from within. Indeed, sadly, it seems that it is tragedy that often draws out the most and the best from the human spirit.
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Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendour that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God’s Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen.
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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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You need to learn to stand up for yourself and what you believe and sometimes, pardon my language, kick some ass.
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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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