I have to be seen to be believed.

They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.

It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.

It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.

Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.

To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?

Grief is the price we pay for love

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.

I think everybody really will concede that on this, of all days, I should begin my speech with the words `My husband and I’.

It is as queen of Canada that I am here. Queen of Canada and all Canadians, not just one or two ancestral strains.

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.

We are not amused.

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...

I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.