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 IIIt is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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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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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.
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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child.
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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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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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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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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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We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.
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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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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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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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It is as queen of Canada that I am here. Queen of Canada and all Canadians, not just one or two ancestral strains.
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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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