[On the 1982 intruder into her bedroom:] I realized immediately that it wasn’t a servant because they don’t slam doors.
QUEEN ELIZABETH III myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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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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I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and ocean in the world, were united to support me in the task to which I have now been dedicated with such solemnity.
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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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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.
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To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?
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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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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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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 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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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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It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.
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They seldom realize that on their steadfastness, on their ability to withstand the fatigue of dull repetitive work, and on their courage in meeting constant small adversities depend in great measure the happiness and prosperity of the community as a whole. …
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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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