[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You'd better answer that. It could be someone important.

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

Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendour 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.

Families, friends and communities often find a source of courage rising up from within. Indeed, sadly, it seems that it is tragedy that often draws out the most and the best from the human spirit.

In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.

It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.

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.