I Should Like To Be A Horse.

I Have Behind Me Not Only The Splendid Traditions And The Annals Of More Than A Thousand Years But The Living Strength And Majesty Of The Commonwealth And Empire; Of Societies Old And New; Of Lands And Races Different In History And Origins But All, By God's Will, United In Spirit And In Aim.

In The Turbulence Of This Anxious And Active World Many People Are Leading Uneventful, Lonely Lives. To Them Dreariness, Not Disaster, Is The Enemy. They Seldom Realize That On Their Steadfastness, On Their Ability To Withstand The Fatigue Of Dull Repetitive Work, And On Their Courage In Meeting Constant Small Adversities Depend In Great Measure The Happiness And Prosperity Of The Community As A Whole. ... 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.

1992 Is Not A Year I Shall Look Back On With Undiluted Pleasure. In The Words Of One Of My More Sympathetic Correspondents, It Hasturned Out To Be An Annus Horribilis.

For Many, Christmas Is Also A Time For Coming Together. But For Others, Service Will Come First.

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.