The Queen celebrates the success of TeamGB and ParalympicsGB medallists

One simple lesson from history is that when people come together to talk, to exchange ideas and to develop common goals, wonderful things can happen.

I hope that wherever the future takes you, that you will continue to be role models and to inspire others through sport.

No hundredth birthday greeting will give greater pleasure to deliver than the one I give to you, along with these New Colours today.

These men and women would no longer be defined by their injuries but as competitors, athletes and team mates.

Football, then as now, had the power to bring people together and break down barriers.

This is a generation that urgently needs our help, for their future and the future prosperity of Africa.

These games have shown the very best of the human spirit.

The Invictus Games this September will give these inspirational people the opportunity to showcase their talent and in doing so, prove that anything is really possible.

With the stroke of a pen and 13 rules, Saturday afternoons were never the same again.

I cannot tell you how excited I am that later today we will be playing football on my grandmother’s lawn.

What unites us all as 53 different nations is our love of a game that crosses boundaries.

It just takes a single visit and you’re in love with the place and its people.

Glasgow is a city with a great buzz and enormous optimism.

I hope the carefully chosen words of the Charter will reinvigorate efforts, already begun, to make the Commonwealth fit and agile for the years ahead.

let us bear in mind the great opportunity that is offered by the Commonwealth – of joining with others, stronger together, for the common good.

Their resilience is astounding and makes me feel extremely humble.

It will be far more than just a world class facility for training our future world-beating national team.

I hope that you will enjoy your time in the United Kingdom, and I am sure that you will find a warm reception awaiting you, your athletes and the visiting spectators.

The success of the modern Olympiads owes much to the significant role that you, the Members of the IOC, play in promoting the Olympic spirit across the world.

Scotland has played such a very special part in our lives, and that of my family, over the years and we have greatly enjoyed our frequent visits.

We will witness an exceptional moment in our Island History.

That remarkable spirit of Wales has been very evident in this valley today.

The Commonwealth offers a pathway for this greater understanding and the opportunity to expand upon our shared experiences in a wider world.