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….

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

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….

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 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 fami….

[On being criticized for her serious expression:] I simply ache from smiling. Why are women expected to beam all the time? It's unfair. If a man look….

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….

It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all..

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

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..

I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast..

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

Experience shows that great enterprises seldom end with a tidy and satisfactory flourish. Together, we are doing our best to re-establish peace and c….

Grief is the price we pay for love..

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..

[On the 1982 intruder into her bedroom:] I realized immediately that it wasn't a servant because they don't slam doors..

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

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 wh….

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

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

The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be..