Visit to Australia announcement

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

Everyone is our neighbour, no matter what race, creed or colour.

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

I depart with renewed confidence in the deep friendship between our two countries.

I am pleased that Britain continues to play an active role in promoting Brandenburg's prosperity.

Each time I return to Berlin I marvel at the changes.

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

I ask you to join me in a toast to the French Republic, to the President and to the prosperity of its regions and cities.

It is fitting that my visit to France should end with this impressive example of Franco-British and European co-operation.

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.

Separation at this time is especially hard to bear.

Nigeria has much to be proud of.

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.

Russia has established itself as our partner and our friend.

Wherever the future may take us, my admiration and affection for Canada and Canadians everywhere is - and will always remain - clear, strong and sure.

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.

It is my pleasure in this my Golden Jubilee Year to declare the 17th Commonwealth Games open.

I am glad to be in Merseyside, which must be one of the most distinctive and energetic parts of the United Kingdom.

It is our very diversity which makes the Commonwealth strong.

We have both been struck by both the diversity as well as the dynamism of Australia, and the vigour and humour of Australians everywhere.

Whatever may lie ahead, I declare again here tonight that my admiration, affection and regard for the people of Australia will remain, as it has been over these past fifty...

New Zealand is working to improve and strengthen all the various relationships between Maori and the Crown.

It is both a privilege and a pleasure to have served as Queen of New Zealand for these fifty years.

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

For Christmas marks a moment to pause, to reflect and believe in the possibilities of rebirth and renewal.

By any measure this Millennium year has been an unforgettable one.

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

Though we each lead different lives, the experience of growing older, and the joys and emotions which it brings, are familiar to us all.

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...

But I cannot think of any Christmas of my reign when the message of the angels has been more apt.

To see British and Russian veterans standing together, in memory of the sacrifices of their comrades-in-arms, was a moving experience.

We have indeed become a global village.