Talk:Personality and image of Elizabeth II

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Personality in Diplomatic Matters

I would not characterize the mutual gesture Her Majesty shared with Michelle Obama as a "hug". Further, it seems what is most noteable here is that the Queen initiated the gesture, which Mrs. Obama reciprocated, in what a palace spokeswoman characterized as "...a mutual and spontaneous display of affection and appreciation between the Queen and Michelle Obama," as reported in the Times. Edited accordingly 208.102.87.91 (talk) 21:08, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Er - any kind soul know how to clean up my source citation so it shows the article title in the sources section below? I seem not to be able to figure it out. 208.102.87.91 (talk) 21:58, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Isn't it true that The Queen is the only person in the world who doesn't need a passport or a driving licence. The C of E. God Save The Queen! (talk) 21:36, 18 February 2010 (UTC) I don't know if she's the ONLY. There may be a few other heads of state, the Pope (?) But in the UK she is, because the passports and licences are issued in her name. Also I don't think she can leave the country without police bodyguards, ladies-in-waiting, secretaries (and the Prime Minister's permission). It is a cool little quirk of being the Sovereign. 74.69.121.132 (talk) 01:14, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Quotations

One proposes to add:

"Not you Clegg."

to the list of HM's quotations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.178.84.60 (talk) 10:17, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV

We cannot report in Wikipedia's voice that Elizabeth has always been popular. IPSOS-Mori is a public opinion pollster and we can report that they say she was popular in a series of polls since 1992. Opinion polls are not reality,and we need to be extremely cautious in how we use them. --John (talk) 06:03, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Extremely biased

There's hardly any word written that's anywhere close to neutral. It's all about how wonderful and gentle she is. I mean even the picture on the top of the page is misleading because she has only laughed twice in her life.

Doesn’t surprise me. So much royal writing is sycophantic. Even here it seems to be the case. TrottieTrue (talk) 02:15, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Critics

Surely needs mention of the peer who famously criticised her in the 1950s? TrottieTrue (talk) 02:14, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Legacy

Should this page be moved to "Legacy of Elizabeth II"? Peter Ormond 💬 07:07, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Read it all to me

Please 103.254.132.112 (talk) 04:41, 26 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]