It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIIt has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IILook, 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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH III hope people will think very carefully about the future.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIIn remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.
QUEEN ELIZABETH III don’t like to badmouth people. But I’m the head of a monarchy that began in the ninth century, and I’m apparently more modern than Chris Christie.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IILet us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIWhen 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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThey are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThese wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important.
QUEEN ELIZABETH III know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIIt has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIIt is as queen of Canada that I am here. Queen of Canada and all Canadians, not just one or two ancestral strains.
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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThe 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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIGrief is the price we pay for love.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II