'Grief is the price we pay for love': Some of the Queen's most memorable quotes
Throughout seven decades as Queen, Elizabeth recorded a Christmas message every single year except for one – 1969.
"And when peace comes, remember it will be for us, the children of today, to make the world of tomorrow a better and happier place."Princess Elizabeth gave a speech to mark her milestone birthday, unbeknownst to her that she would become Queen upon the death of her father just five years later. "Yet, in spite of these disabilities, it has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the harsh progress of mankind."Following Bloody Sunday, the Queen spoke of violence in Northern Ireland during her Christmas message in 1972."I want to send a special message of sympathy to all those men, women and children who have suffered and endured so much.
"She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness "These human tragedies provided the headline news; they also provoked a quite remarkable humanitarian response.June 2006: Football "All those who saw the achievement and courage at the Olympic and Paralympic Games were further inspired by the skill, dedication, training and teamwork of our athletes.
At that point she had served as Queen for 23,226 days - more than 63 years - beating Victoria's record."Many... have kindly noted another significance attaching to today, although it is not one to which I have ever aspired. Inevitably, a long life can pass by many milestones. My own is no exception."At the next Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Team GB won 67 medals and 147 Paralympic medals.
"For more than 70 years, I have been lucky to meet and to know many of the world's great leaders. And I have perhaps come to understand a little about what made them special.
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