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		PostOnce on Sept 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Queen Elizabeth II has died This is paraphrasing the Bible, and I can't find any evidence anyone ever said it in exactly those words. Look, this thread is the only result for exact phrasing: https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs&client=ubuntu&q=%22... However there is evidence Queen Elizabeth I (400 years ago) said part of it: https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=tayxm6fO1kIC&pg=PA528&lp...

irthomasthomas on Sept 9, 2022 [–]

Thanks, I guess I misremembered. So, QEII was quoting QEI in defence of her position on banning foreign honours.

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