QE ii quotes

[Parrot of doom]

attributed to Queen Elizabeth II said:

"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. The last time we came here we had to stay in a guest house." On visiting the Cayman Islands aboard the HMY Britannia. "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?" Imitation of the cockney chamber maid after the maid found Michael Fagan in the state bedroom. "For goodness sake, get a bloody move on!" To the policemen who came to arrest Fagan (who adjusted their ties on seeing her before making the arrest) "What's that?" "It's a cow's vagina, ma'am" "Ask a silly question!" While being shown around an artificial insemination unit of the Milk Marketing Board "How very assuring!" In reply to a shopkeeper who said "You look awfully like the Queen." "None of my Governments seem to know what to do about them." About economic recessions