[to A Woman Whose Cellphone Rang During

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.

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 The Suggestion That Great Britain Might Someday Want A Republic:] We'll Go Quietly.

I Don’t Like To Badmouth People. But I’m The Head Of A Monarchy That Began In The Ninth Century, And I’m Apparently More Modern Than Chris Christie. Look, I Know He Has To Appeal To The Crazy Right-wingers In His Party, But The Fact Is, He’s Not As Forward-thinking As An Eighty-seven-year-old Lady Who Wears A Crown On Her Head. It’s Pathetic.

It Is As Queen Of Canada That I Am Here. Queen Of Canada And All Canadians, Not Just One Or Two Ancestral Strains.