Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth
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Tonight we celebrate the value of sport as a means of bringing together people of 71 nations and territories, and from a wide range of cultures, traditions and beliefs. It gives me the greatest pleasure to declare the 18th Commonwealth Games open.
life-and-love monopoly
Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation
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For Christians, as for all people of faith, reflection, meditation and prayer help us to renew ourselves in God's love, as we strive daily to become better people. The Christmas message shows us that this love is for everyone. There is no one beyond its reach.
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Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor 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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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass...
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They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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[On the 1982 intruder into her bedroom:] I realized immediately that it wasn't a servant because they don't slam doors.
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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.
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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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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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It is as queen of Canada that I am here. Queen of Canada and all Canadians, not just one or two ancestral strains.
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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We'll go quietly.
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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.