It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.
She was born in Mayfair, London, the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Her father took the throne in 1936 after the abdication of his brother Edward VIII. During the Second World War she served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. In November 1947 she married Philip Mountbatten, and they had four children: Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward.
In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.
For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.
My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.
Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as it was yesterday when you and I laid wreaths at the Garden of Remembrance.