WORDS FROM A GREAT MIND

Elizabeth II Quotes

Queen of the United Kingdom & Commonwealth head

Born: 21 April 1926
Died: 8 September 2022
Lived in: London, Windsor & the Commonwealth

Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022. Her Christmas broadcasts reflected on public service, community, courage and faith through decades of social change. These excerpts preserve the wording of Royal Household texts.

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Her Christmas message in 1957 was the first to be televised, bringing the annual broadcast into viewers’ homes in a new way.

Words by Elizabeth II

“It has always been easy to hate and destroy. To build and to cherish is much more difficult.”

Christmas Broadcast, 25 December 1957

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“We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection.”

Christmas Broadcast, 25 December 2013

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“We might begin to see things in a new perspective.”

Christmas Broadcast, 25 December 2008

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“Even on the darkest nights - there is hope in the new dawn.”

Christmas Broadcast, 2020

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“Small steps can make a world of difference.”

Christmas Broadcast, 2019 · Published advance text

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