Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth
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These natural and human tragedies provided the headline news; they also provoked a quite remarkable humanitarian response. It has been clear that in the course of this year relief workers and financial support have come from members of every faith and from every corner of the world.
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The day after my last Christmas message was broadcast, the world experienced one of the worst natural disasters ever recorded.
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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.
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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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We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.
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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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I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - 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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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are caught up in some great event which gives us a glimpse of the solid and durable foundations of our existence.
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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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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.