Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.

Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.

Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.

God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.

It is as queen of Canada that I am here. Queen of Canada and all Canadians, not just one or two ancestral strains.

For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.

It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.

These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.

Football's a difficult business and aren't they prima donnas. But it's a wonderful game.

I believe that there is great fear in our generation of being labelled as priggish.

True patriotism doesn't exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.

It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.

My husband has quite simply been my strength and stays all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.

It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.

The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.

I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.

What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.

They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.

For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.