Gallipoli Centenary Commemorations

This day marks the beginning of what I hope will be highly successful careers as officers in the British Army or the armies of our friends and allies.

I have vivid and happy memories of my visit to Brazil with Prince Philip in 1968, especially the warmth and hospitality of the Brazilian people.

We both retain a deep affection for your country and the outgoing, generous Maltese people who have always offered us the hand of friendship.

I remember the bonfires along the coastline as we arrived and the enthusiastic welcome we received as guests of your grandfather, King Haakon.

Success at Trafalgar was by no means a foregone conclusion.

An act of remembrance is an act of honour.

While all Albertans — and all Canadians — value this history as a colourful account of the past, we also view it as a foundation for our present and future.

I have so many vivid memories and a tremendous sense of pride in being part of the Canadian family.

I retain a deep affection for this great country and for the people who take such pride in saying "I am Canadian".

My mother once said that this country felt like a "home away from home" for the Queen of Canada. Ladies and gentlemen, six decades later it still does...

Prince Philip and I are happy to be in Guernsey on this sixtieth anniversary of liberation and to have joined in the Service of Thanksgiving

I am pleased that so many people are present today for whom the 9th of May has such a personal significance.

We in Britain today are enthusiastic admirers of Italian culture, Italian fashion and Italian food.

It was the unique quality of his leadership that so inspired the British nation and free peoples throughout the world.

I was struck by the spirit of the Korean people, and their determination to overcome adversity

We meet in a remarkably open and transparent chamber, where this Parliament sits in the round in European fashion.

I take it upon myself to express the immense debt of gratitude we owe to you all. I salute you, and thank you on behalf of our whole nation.

The sixtieth anniversary of the Normandy Landings is a moment for thanksgiving, and a moment of commemoration.

We both look forward with optimism as partners working closely together for a stronger more effective Europe.

Links between Britain and Toulouse have existed over many centuries.

Democracy is the most precious gift we have and we can never take it for granted.

Vive la difference, mais vive L'Entente Cordiale.

We share the confidence - and the courage - to try and make this a more prosperous, a safer, and above all a freer world.

Twice within the span of a single generation, Australia and Britain stood side by side in two of the bloodiest wars in human history.

Over the two World Wars and in the many conflicts since then, women in Britain and throughout the Commonwealth have faced and overcome all manner of challenges.

I hope this Colour will be a symbol of the Fleet's enduring spirit and devotion to duty in times of stress and danger

We as a nation are intensely proud of our armed forces and never more so than in recent weeks.

I am happy to be in Hamilton today in order to present new Colours and to visit my Canadian Argylls.

Je chéris ma place dans la vie du Canada et mon lien avec tous les Canadiens et Canadiennes.

I am proud to be the first member of the Canadian Royal Family to be greeted in Canada's newest territory.

Your new building, which is so clearly based on ideas of openness and accessibility, will provide an exciting forum for Londoners as your debates ebb and flow.

Britain is grateful to you, whether here in Portsmouth, in bases across the United Kingdom, or across the world.

The mountains and valleys are as beautiful as ever, but it is in rural life that some of the greatest transformation has taken place.

This Assembly can demonstrate that it is possible to build trust, and in doing so continue the building of a new Northern Ireland.

I would like to pay tribute to the work you do in this, the Mother of Parliaments.