Speech during the commemorations of D-Day (6 June 2014).
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The true measure of all our actions is how long the good in them lasts...everything we do, we do for the young.
— Elizabeth II
What It Means
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About Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II (21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. She was head of the Commonwealth and Supreme Governor of the Church of England. She was succeeded by Charles III, her eldest son, and preceded by her father, George VI.
About Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II (21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. She was head of the Commonwealth and Supreme Governor of the Church of England. She was succeeded by Charles III, her eldest son, and preceded by her father, George VI.
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