I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
Queen Elizabeth IIThink what we would have missed if we had never ... used a mobile phone or surfed the Net -- or, to be honest, listened to other people talking about surfing the Net.
Queen Elizabeth II[On being criticized for her serious expression:] I simply ache from smiling. Why are women expected to beam all the time? It's unfair. If a man looks solemn, it's automatically assumed he's a serious person, not a miserable one.
Queen Elizabeth III donโt like to badmouth people. But Iโm the head of a monarchy that began in the ninth century, and Iโm apparently more modern than Chris Christie. Look, I know he has to appeal to the crazy right-wingers in his party, but the fact is, heโs not as forward-thinking as an eighty-seven-year-old lady who wears a crown on her head. Itโs pathetic.
Queen Elizabeth II