Words of wisdom
Her Christmas addresses were watched by millions around the globe, and her words at other key moments provided comfort and hope. But through her long life, Queen Elizabeth’s speeches came to be much more prescient than we could have ever imagined.
Starting with her 21st birthday pledge to dedicate her life to the duty of the nation, through her women’s rights speech of the 1960s, up to her powerful address during the pandemic, the Queen may have grown up, grown older and eventually gone, but her words live on. We look back on some of her predictions.