Elizabeth II: We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.

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daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)

"We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep."

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