It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.
I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana’s loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.
In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.
For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.
My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.
I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
The upward course of a nation’s history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else – I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.
Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as it was yesterday when you and I laid wreaths at the Garden of Remembrance.
To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?
To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all.
I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust.
The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.