Elizabeth, the Queen Mother Quotes

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Wouldn't it be terrible if you'd spent all your life doing everything you were supposed to do, didn't drink, didn't smoke, didn't eat things, took lots of exercise, all the things you didn't want to do, and suddenly one day you were run over by a big red bus, and as the wheels were crunching into you you'd say 'Oh my god, I could have got so drunk last night!' That's the way you should live your life, as if tomorrow you'll be run over by a big red bus.

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Never trust them, never trust them. They can't be trusted.

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I wouldn't if I were you, Noël; they count them before they put them out.

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After all these years of fishing, the fish are having their revenge.
After a surgery to remove a fishbone from her throat

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I am almost glad we have been bombed. Now I feel I can look the East End in the face.

Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
I'm glad we've been bombed. It makes me feel I can look the East End in the face.

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The Princesses would never leave without me and I couldn't leave without the King, and the King will never leave.
When it was suggested that the royal family be evacuated during the Nazi Blitz

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On a trip to South Africa, a Boer confessed to her that he would never forgive the English for conquering his country:
I understand that perfectly. We feel very much the same in Scotland.

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After the Queen had accepted a second glass of wine during lunch:
Do you think it's wise, darling? You know you've got to rule this afternoon.

Elizabeth, the Queen Mother