Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (born 21 April 1926) Queen of the United Kingdom
- 'They all need to be reassured that there is so much to be gained by reaching out to others; that diversity is indeed a strength and not a threat.'
- A plea for increased tolerance and understanding in her Christmas Day Broadcast, 2004.
- 'My Golden Jubilee!'
- Said in response to Tony Blair who mentioned 'the Golden Jubilee'.
- 'I'm so glad we've got the yacht with us this time [Britannia]. The last time we came here we had to stay in a guest house.'
- On visiting the Cayman Islands.
- 'Actually, Captain, I think it's me they've come to see.'
- When an escort commander blocked the crowd's view of the State Carriage.
- 'Bloody 'ell ma'am, what's 'e doin' in 'ere?'
- Said originally by the Queen's cockney (East London) chamber maid after finding Michael Fagan in the state bedroom - the Queen sought relief in doing imitations of her for days after.
- 'For goodness sake, get a bloody move on!'
- The policemen who came to arrest Fagan adjusted their ties on seeing Her Majesty, before doing anything else!
- 'Ask a silly question!'
- 'What's that?', the queen said at first, when being shown around an artificial insemination unit of the Milk Marketing Board; 'It's a cow's vagina, ma'am,' was the response.
- 'How very assuring!'
- In reply to a shopkeeper who said 'You look awfully like the Queen.'
- 'I suppose you think you ought to be doing this?'
- Said to Prunella Scales when giving her the CBE (Scales had previously portrayed the Queen in Alan Bennett's A Question of Attribution).
- "1992 is not a year I shall look back on with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an annus horribilis."
- Describing the year of a fire at Windsor Castle and several personal scandals in the royal family. Annus horribilis is Latin for "horrible year."
