1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an annus horribilis. Elizabeth II, speech Guildhall 24th November 1992
I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together. Elizabeth II
Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements. Elizabeth II
I have to be seen to be believed. Elizabeth II
I sometimes sense the world is changing almost too fast for its inhabitants, at least for us older ones. Elizabeth II October 1997
I am nothing but a bloody amoeba. Prince Philip
Do you work in a strip club? Prince Philip to female sea cadet
You can't have been here long – you haven’t got a pot belly. Prince Philip to tourist in Budapest 1993
You managed not to get eaten then? Prince Philip to British trekker in Papua New Guinea 1998
Bugger the table plan – give me my dinner! Prince Philip at party 2004
It’s a pleasure to be in a country that isn’t ruled by its people. Prince Philip to Paraguay dictator General Stroessner
How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test? Prince Philip to Scottish driving instructor 1995
You ARE a woman, aren’t you? Prince Philip, Kenya 1984
I’d like to go to Russia very much – although the bastards murdered half my family. Prince Philip 1967
Who’s on drugs here? ... HE looks as if he’s on drugs. Prince Philip at Bangladeshi youth club 2002
Young people are the same as they always were – just as ignorant. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Awards scheme 2006
And what exotic part of the world do you come from? Prince Philip to Lord Taylor of Warwick 1999
If it doesn’t fart or eat hay, she isn’t interested. Prince Philip, re Princess Anne
I don’t think a prostitute is more moral than a wife, but they are doing the same thing. Prince Philip
If you stay here much longer, you’ll go home with slitty eyes. Prince Philip to British student in China 1986
We may have to move into smaller premises, who knows? ... I shall probably have to give up Polo. Prince Philip, Meet the Press
By 1993, the Duke of Edinburgh, the owner of 56 shooting rifles, had brought down 30,000 birds from the skies, he’d killed two crocodiles as well as scores of wild boar, several hundred Scottish stags and an Indian tiger. Royal Babylon ***** 2012
The Queen has referred to ‘dark forces at work in this country’. ibid.
This particular monarch is the beneficiary of dividends produced by an empire’s corpse mountain. ibid.
They themselves live off the labour of centuries. ibid.
A billionairess with an income from grave robbing. ibid.
When my sister and I were growing up, she was made out to be the goody-goody one. Princess Margaret
Queen Out! University of Stirling, student demonstration 1972
Mrs Thatcher: There’s plenty of excess fat in the Monarchy.
Queen: You leave my sister out of this. Spitting Image s1e2, ITV 1984
What happened to the lovely little girl I met on the beach at Mykonos? Spitting Image s3e15, Philip to Queen
The Black Nobility are the founders of the Committee of 300 which is also known as the Illuminati or illuminated ones. Queen Elizabeth II is head of the committee of these 300 ruling families. The Illuminati was formed to achieve one main objective: one-world government called the New World Order. Ring of Power, 2008
The reason she has two birthdays is she’s better than you. Al Murray: The Pub Landlord: My Gaff, My Rules, London’s Playhouse Theatre, Al to Australian
The Queen is the ultimate dictator. Steven Patrick Morrissey
Queen Elizabeth II: the longest-reigning monarch in British history. Elizabeth: Our Queen I: Queen in Waiting, Channel 5 2018
Yet the most famous woman in the world remains mysterious. ibid.
She hadn’t received the best of educations. ibid.
Elizabeth had a strong, serious character ... Queen Mary who insisted Elizabeth should get a more serious education to prepare her for her coming role. ibid.
She continued to defy her parents and the court by becoming more committed to Prince Philip. ibid.
Driven by duty, she’s ruled over crisis and war and dramatic social and technological change. Elizabeth: Our Queen II: Pomp & Circumstance
Her accession was shocking and unexpected. ibid.
The Queen’s tour accelerated the transformation of the empire into an expanded commonwealth. ibid.
The Queen faced conflict between her affection as a sister and her duty as a monarch. ibid.
It was decided her TV debut would be the 1957 Christmas message. Elizabeth: Our Queen III: Modernising the Monarchy
A more open monarchy was going to be the way forward. ibid.
In the 1970s Britain was going through tough times. The days of the Empire were long over … As she approached 50 her popularity was waning. Elizabeth: Our Queen IV: The Crown Under Attack
The Queen was struggling. The civil list had been hit hard by inflation. ibid.
Elizabeth was fiercely protective of her younger sister. ibid.
1980s: The standout highlight was the wedding of the Queen’s eldest son Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer. Elizabeth: Our Queen V: Strong & Steady
It saw the Queen come into close contact with another powerful woman – Margaret Thatcher. ibid.
‘She’s such a steady solid person.’ ibid. William Heseltine
The Queen’s children had become celebrities. ibid.
By the end of the decade the tide was turning. There was a growing disenchantment with the royals and their celebrity lifestyles. The Queen and the monarchy bore the front of this disaffection. Elizabeth: Our Queen VI: Crown in Crisis
A devastating fire had ripped through the Queen’s castle at Windsor. ibid.
116,804. It wasn’t the first time the Queen had come under pressure to pay tax. ibid.
The first ever visit to Russia by a British monarch. ibid.
The public were growing tired of the marital indiscretions of her children. ibid.
It was finally clear the princess had been behind Andrew Morton’s book. ibid.
The Conservative government decided it [Britannia] should be decommissioned. ibid.
The ’90s had been a very difficult decade for the Queen … The monarchy needed once again to rethink the way it related to its people. Elizabeth: Our Queen VII: Reinventing the Royals
Her discomfort was palpable to the millions who watched the celebrations on TV. ibid.
If Australia became a republic, more countries could follow suit. ibid.
‘To lose her mother and her sister within a few months of each other like that must have been very traumatic.’ ibid.