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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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Bedroom Door Immediate Intruder Realize Servant Slam
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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

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Football’s a difficult business and aren’t they prima donnas. But it’s a wonderful game.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Business Difficult Football Game Wonderful
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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Attribute Encourage Find Formula Know Observe Often Single Some Success Universal Way Year
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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Honest Listen MIssed Mobile Net never Phone Surf Surfed Talk Think
I 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.
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Badmouth Begin Century Head Like Modern Monarchy More Ninth People
I should like to be a horse.
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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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

All Express Gratitude Grief Hope Join Loss Princess Short Tomorrow Too
[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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Country Great might Quietly Republic Someday Suggestions
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 II

Calm Ever Greater Husband Love Quite Simply Stay Strength Yeat
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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All Ancestral Country Here Just One Queen Strain
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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Accept Better Courageous Defeat Determine Down Future More Seem Struggle
For Christians, as for all people of faith, reflection, meditation and prayer help us to renew ourselves in God’s love, as we strive daily to become better people.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

All Christian Faith God Help Love Meditation Ourselves People Prayer Reflection Renew
The world is not the most pleasant place. Eventually, your parents leave you and nobody is going to go out of their way to protect you unconditionally.
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Cut Do Eventually Leave Most Nobody Parent Place Pleasant Protect Unconditionally Way World
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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Annal Behind Commonwealth Empire Live Majesty More Splendid Strength Thousand Tradition Year
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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