The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThe British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
QUEEN ELIZABETH III 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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH III have to be seen to be believed.
QUEEN ELIZABETH III cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIMy 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 should like to be a horse.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIWe lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIYou need to learn to stand up for yourself and what you believe and sometimes, pardon my language, kick some ass.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IILike all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
QUEEN ELIZABETH III believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IITherefore 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[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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIGood memories are our second chance at happiness.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThey 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. …
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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIFor me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II