3 December 2020 Queen Elizabeth II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.
3 December 2020 Queen Elizabeth II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else – I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.
3 December 2020 Queen Elizabeth II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all.
3 December 2020 Queen Elizabeth II 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.
3 December 2020 Queen Elizabeth II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
3 December 2020 Queen Elizabeth II 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.
3 December 2020 Queen Elizabeth II 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.
3 December 2020 Queen Elizabeth II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.
3 December 2020 Queen Elizabeth II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God’s Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen.
3 December 2020 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.
