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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH III declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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I 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.
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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.
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They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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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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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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I 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.
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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 behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God’s Will, united in spirit and in aim.
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Grief is the price we pay for love.
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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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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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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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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