In the turbulence of this anxious and active world many people are leading uneventful, lonely lives. To them dreariness, not disaster, is the enemy. ….

Think what we would have missed if we had never ... used a mobile phone or surfed the Net -- or, to be honest, listened to other people talking about….

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

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 fami….

I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast..

What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass..

I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealt….

It has turned out to be an annus horribilis..

Good memories are our second chance at happiness..

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 an….

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

The world is not the most pleasant place. Eventually, your parents leave you and nobody is going to go out of their way to protect you unconditionall….

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..

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….

Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as it was yesterday when you and I laid wreaths at ….

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..

It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind..

[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?.

For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first..

First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to sm….

Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation..