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1926–2022 England
Queen Elizabeth II (21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. She was head of the Commonwealth and Supreme Governor of the Church of England.
England Monarchs Philanthropists Also known as: Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth II, Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
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It has always been easy to hate and destroy. To build and to cherish is much more difficult.
But nothing that can be said can begin to take away the anguish and the pain of these moments. Grief is the price we pay for love.
We are a moderate, pragmatic people, more comfortable with practice than theory.
Our peace and prosperity can never be taken for granted and must constantly be tended, so that never again do we have cause to build monuments to our fallen youth.
On behalf of the British people I salute the skill and courage which have brought man to the moon. May this endeavour increase the knowledge and well-being of mankind.
We continue to be inspired by the kindness of strangers and draw comfort that — even on the darkest nights — there is hope in the new dawn.
Our religions provide critical guidance for the way we live our lives, and for the way in which we treat each other.
There is a motto which has been borne by many of my ancestors — a noble motto, "I serve".
The true measure of all our actions is how long the good in them lasts...everything we do, we do for the young.
Since I have landed in Quebec, I think we can say that I am Canadian.
Oh, dear, I hope it wasn't anyone important.
Grief is the price we pay for love.
Football's a difficult business and aren't they prima donnas?
1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an 'Annus Horribilis'.
The right to change the government by the ballot box and not the barrel of a gun; perhaps the best definition of a democracy.
The concept of our established Church is occasionally misunderstood and, I believe, commonly under-appreciated. Its role is not to defend Anglicanism to the exclusion of other religions. Instead, the Church has a duty to protect the free practice of all faiths in this country.
In tomorrow's world we must all work together as hard as ever, if we're truly to be United Nations
Discrimination still exists. Some people feel that their own beliefs are being threatened. Some are unhappy about unfamiliar cultures. They all need to be reassured that there is so much to be gained by reaching out to others; that diversity is indeed a strength and not a threat.
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