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From the Tilbury Speech by Elizabeth I:

"I know I have the body but of a weak, feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm"

Never thought I'd get teary reading about #QueenElizabeth but the description of her final moments in Craig Brown's A Voyage Around the Queen choked me up. A rare moment of emotion in what is otherwise a wildly entertaining book. As the author says "personal encounters with the Queen, often bizarre and unexpected" lie at the heart of the book. There are memorable chapters on vicious corgis, ill appointed poet laureates and royal portraitists, curmudgeonly recipients and non-recipients of royal honours and laugh out loud tours of Brittania and Sandringham. Highly recommended. @bookstodon