Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth
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Tonight we celebrate the value of sport as a means of bringing together people of 71 nations and territories, and from a wide range of cultures, traditions and beliefs. It gives me the greatest pleasure to declare the 18th Commonwealth Games open.
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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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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 families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.
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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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These natural and human tragedies provided the headline news; they also provoked a quite remarkable humanitarian response. It has been clear that in the course of this year relief workers and financial support have come from members of every faith and from every corner of the world.
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Her mantra has always been 'never explain, never apologise' and she isn't going to change her mind now.
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but the seeds of recovery are being sown.
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I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman. But I have the heart and stomach of a king - and of a King of England.
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The day after my last Christmas message was broadcast, the world experienced one of the worst natural disasters ever recorded.
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No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew her, will remember her.
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I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust.
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At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.
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Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
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I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.