Speech in reply to Addresses from both Houses of Parliament in Westminster Hall in the year of Her Golden Jubilee (30 April 2002)
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We are a moderate, pragmatic people, more comfortable with practice than theory.
— 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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