It Has Perhaps Always Been The Case

We Have All Felt Those Emotions In These Last Few Days. So What I Say To You Now, As Your Queen And As A Grandmother, I Say From My Heart.

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.

We Lost The American Colonies Because We Lacked The Statesmanship To Know The Right Time And The Manner Of Yielding What Is Impossible To Keep.

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

The World Is Not The Most Pleasant Place. Eventually, Your Parents Leave You And Nobody Is Going To Go Out Of Their Way To Protect You Unconditionally. You Need To Learn To Stand Up For Yourself And What You Believe And Sometimes, Pardon My Language, Kick Some Ass.