Neither the long and troubled centuries that have passed since that child was born, nor the complex scientific developments of our age, have done anything to dim the simple joy and bright hope we all ...

At the same time I want to show that the Crown is not merely an abstract symbol of our unity but a personal and living bond between you and me. At the end of 1953 The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh ...

I always feel that just for these few minutes, the march of history stops while we listen to each other, and think of each other, on Christmas Day. In 1955 The Queen's Christmas Message was broadcast ...

For that child was to show that there is nothing in heaven and earth that cannot be achieved by faith and by love and service to one's neighbour. In 1961 The Queen carried out a six-week tour of India ...

You young people are needed; there is a great task ahead of you - the building of a new world. The Queen's Christmas Broadcast in 1964 addressed the important role of the Commonwealth in a year in ...

Year by year, our families change and grow up. So does our Commonwealth family. The 1960s were a decade of great technological development, as space travel and global communications became a reality.