Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
Quote 1. - “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.” Queen Elizabeth II
Quote 2. - “I have to be seen to be believed.” Queen Elizabeth II
Quote 3. - “It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.” Queen Elizabeth II
Quote 4. - “The upward course of a nation’s history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.” Queen Elizabeth II
Quote 5. - “We 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 II
Quote 6. - “I think everybody really will concede that on this, of all days, I should begin my speech with the words `My husband and I’.” Queen Elizabeth II
Quote 7. - “I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.” Queen Elizabeth II
Quote 8. - “Grief is the price we pay for love.” Queen Elizabeth II
Quote 9. - “Those who perpetrate these brutal acts against innocent people should know that they will not change our way of life.” Queen Elizabeth II
Quote 10. - “The Duke of Edinburgh and I are very happy that the Prince of Wales and Mrs Parker Bowles are to marry.” Queen Elizabeth II
Quote 11. - “Football’s a difficult business and aren’t they prima donnas. But it’s a wonderful game.” Queen Elizabeth II
Quote 12. - “Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.” Queen Elizabeth II
Quote 13. - “It is as queen of Canada that I am here. Queen of Canada and all Canadians, not just one or two ancestral strains.” Queen Elizabeth II
Quote 14. - “To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?” Queen Elizabeth II
Quote 15. - “They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.” Queen Elizabeth II
Quote 16. - “Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.” Queen Elizabeth II
Quote 17. - “It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.” Queen Elizabeth II
Quote 18. - “I 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 II
Queen Elizabeth II was born in London on April 21 1926. She was the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York, George and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Five weeks after her birth she was christened in the chapel of Buckingham Palace and was given the names Elizabeth Alexandra Mary. Along with her younger sister, Margaret, she was educated at Home and with her becoming Heir Apparent to the throne in 1936 she started to study constitutional History and law. Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten, her 4th cousin, in Westminster Abbey on November 20, 1947. During their marriage they have had four Children. Prince Charles, now the Prince of Wales, Princess Anne, now the Princess Royal, Prince Andrew, now the Duke of York and Prince Edward.