"On her twenty-first birthday in 1947, the future queen would detail her commitment to this idea in a now-famous radio address, telling the people of what was then called the British Empire that “**I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong**.”" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[Queen Elizabeth]], [[life-of-service]], [[character]], [[self-reflection]] **Source** -- [[202409150124 - B - Discipline is Destiny]]