We have all felt those emotions in these last few days. So what I say to you now, as your queen and as a grandmother, I say from my heart.

It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.

We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.

1992 is not a year I shall look back on with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it hasturned out to be an Annus Horribilis.

I should like to be a horse.

I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.

[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We'll go quietly.