Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth IIis, and has been since her accession in 1952, Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and Head of the Commonwealth. She is also Queen of 12 countries that have become independent since her accession: Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRoyalty
Date of Birth21 April 1926
diana felt knew met millions
No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew her, will remember her.
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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.
quitting easy enough
It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We'll go quietly.
friday agreement years
What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since the overwhelming majority of people in Ireland and Northern Ireland voted in favour of the agreement signed on Good Friday 1998, paving the way for Northern Ireland to become the exciting and inspirational place that it is today.
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I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust.