A biography for Queen Elizabeth IIhasn’t been written yet.
“At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child.”
“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.”
“In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.”
“I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.”
“Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.”
“It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.”
“For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.”
“Grief is the price we pay for love.”
“No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew her, will remember her.”
“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.”
“I have to be seen to be believed.”
“Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.”