These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIWe 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.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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Grief is the price we pay for love.
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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.
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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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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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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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This new power, which has proved itself to be such a terrifying weapon of destruction, is harnessed for the first time for the common good of our community.
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[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important.
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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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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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To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all.
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I should like to be a horse.
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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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