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 IIFor me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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Look, 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.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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I 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.
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For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
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Football’s a difficult business and aren’t they prima donnas. But it’s a wonderful game.
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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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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
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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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It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.
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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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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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