Her 21st Birthday
During her 21st birthday, Elizabeth was in South Africa. She made a speech that was broadcasted all over the world. She announced, “I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.”
Her 21st Birthday
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To The End
Bedell Smith also said something that Margaret Rhodes, Elizabeth’s cousin, said during the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury in 2003: “The Queen sighed and said, ‘Oh, that’s something I can’t do. I am going to carry on to the end.’”
To The End
