Grief Is The Price We Pay For

[before Each Of Numerous Portrait Sittings:] Now Then, With Teeth Or Without?

Therefore I Am Sure That This, My Coronation, Is Not The Symbol Of A Power And A Splendour That Are Gone But A Declaration Of Our Hopes For The Future, And For The Years I May, By God's Grace And Mercy, Be Given To Reign And Serve You As Your Queen.

It Has Turned Out To Be An Annus Horribilis.

What Were Once Only Hopes For The Future Have Now Come To Pass.

First, I Want To Pay Tribute To Diana Myself. She Was An Exceptional And Gifted Human Being. In Good Times And Bad, She Never Lost Her Capacity To Smile And Laugh, Nor To Inspire Others With Her Warmth And Kindness. I Admired And Respected Her - For Her Energy And Commitment To Others, And Especially For Her Devotion To Her Two Boys.