Grief is the price we pay for love.

Queen Elizabeth II Message read at St Thomas Church, New York, September 2001 Verified source · How we source quotes

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Elizabeth II sent this message to a memorial service at St Thomas Church on Fifth Avenue in New York after the attacks of 11 September 2001. The British ambassador to Washington, Sir Christopher Meyer, read it aloud. Before the famous line, the message admits that nothing said can take away the anguish and pain of those moments.

Source: Message read at St Thomas Church, New York, September 2001

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