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The Commonwealth remains one of the strongest pillars for the building of world-wide peace, growth and development.

Jamaican Parliament, 19 February 2002

I first came here for Christmas as a grandchild. Nowadays, my grandchildren come here for the same family festival.

Christmas Broadcast 1992

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

Presentation of new colours to the Fleet in Plymouth, 23 July 2003

Vive la difference, mais vive L'Entente Cordiale.

Centenary of the Entente Cordiale, State Banquet, Paris, 5 April 2004

The Christmas message is really one for all seasons and not just for one day of the year.

Christmas Broadcast 1971

He has, quite simply, been my strength and stay all these years.

A speech by The Queen on her Golden Wedding Anniversary

This December we are looking back not just on one year, but on a hundred years and a thousand years.

Christmas Broadcast 1999

I hope that Christmas will remind us all that it is not how we communicate but what we communicate with each other that really matters.

Christmas Broadcast 1983

Throughout history, seamen all over the world have shared a common experience and there is a special sense of brotherhood between merchant and naval seamen, fishermen, lifeboatmen and, more recently, yachtsmen.

Christmas Broadcast 1982

I remember my own childhood Christmases here, with my father and mother, and a great family gathering, and now I delight in seeing my children and grandchildren enjoying the same traditions.

Christmas Broadcast 1996

So, our Commonwealth hearth becomes more precious than ever before by the contrast between its homely security and the storm which sometimes seems to be brewing outside, in the darkness of uncertainty and doubt that envelops the whole world.

Christmas Broadcast 1954

May the Christmas story encourage you, for it is a message of hope every year, not for a few, but for all.

Christmas Broadcast 1988

I always feel that just for these few minutes, the march of history stops while we listen to each other, and think of each other, on Christmas Day.

Christmas Broadcast 1955

Perhaps this Jubilee is a time to remind ourselves of the benefits which union has conferred, at home and in our international dealings, on the inhabitants of all parts of this United Kingdom.

A speech by The Queen to Parliament on her Silver Jubilee

There are many serious and threatening problems in this country and in the world but they will never be solved until there is peace in our homes and love in our hearts.

Christmas Broadcast 1986

Throughout this memorable day I have been uplifted and sustained by the knowledge that your thoughts and prayers were with me.

A speech by The Queen on her Coronation Day, 1953

At times it is almost hidden by the merry making and tinsel, but the essential message of Christmas is still that we all belong to the great brotherhood of man.

Christmas Broadcast 1968

Since my accession ten months ago, your loyalty and affection have been an immense support and encouragement. I want to take this Christmas Day, my first opportunity, to thank you with all my heart.

Christmas Broadcast 1952

Twenty-five years ago my grandfather broadcast the first of these Christmas messages. Today is another landmark because television has made it possible for many of you to see me in your homes on Christmas Day.

Christmas Broadcast 1957