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

- Queen Elizabeth Ii

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

- Queen Elizabeth Ii

Grief is the price we pay for love.

- Queen Elizabeth Ii

Good memories are our second chance at happiness.

- Queen Elizabeth Ii

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…

- Queen Elizabeth Ii

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…

- Queen Elizabeth Ii

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

- Queen Elizabeth Ii

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

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…

- Queen Elizabeth Ii