Grief Is The Price We Pay For

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

The Events That I Have Attended To Mark My Diamond Jubilee Have Been A Humbling Experience. It Has Touched Me Deeply To See So Many Thousands Of Families, Neighbors And Friends Celebrating Together In Such A Happy Atmosphere.

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

What Were Once Only Hopes For The Future Have Now Come To Pass; It Is Almost Exactly 13 Years Since The Overwhelming Majority Of People In Ireland And Northern Ireland Voted In Favour Of The Agreement Signed On Good Friday 1998, Paving The Way For Northern Ireland To Become The Exciting And Inspirational Place That It Is Today.

Family Does Not Necessarily Mean Blood Relatives But Often A Description Of A Community, Organisation Or Nation.