# Does Queen Elizabeth ever say much?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-queen-elizabeth-ever-say-much/356565>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 12, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-queen-elizabeth-ever-say-much/356565 "2006-05-12T20:51:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-queen-elizabeth-ever-say-much/356565/41 "2006-05-15T03:50:21Z")

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> [@flurb](#):
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> Hmm. . . I think it’s fairly simplistic to term the civil rights movement as the Constitution victorious over the will of masses. First of all, I disagree with the basic premise that the extension of civil rights protections in the fifties and sixties was done in spite of popular sentiment.

Hehe, yeah, my mistake, I forgot the simple majority of white people back then looked forward to going to work side by side with black people, sending their kids to school with blacks, dating and marrying blacks, my bad.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-queen-elizabeth-ever-say-much/356565/42 "2006-05-15T03:54:11Z")

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> [@Cunctator](#):
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> And the joke to which you’re all referring is…?

[Her Majesty’s a pretty nice girl  
But she doesn’t have a lot to say](http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/the_beatles/her_majesty.html)

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-queen-elizabeth-ever-say-much/356565/43 "2006-05-15T04:38:12Z")

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> [@Eve](#):
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> Her majesty’s a pretty nice girl, but she doesn’t have a lot to say.

At last! I was beginning to wonder if the title was too subtle.

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