"Oh, dear, I hope it wasn't anyone important."
— Elizabeth II

January 1, 1970

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Said to Clare Short after Short's phone rang in her handbag during a Privy Council meeting; quoted in Donald Macintyre, "The Queen is on a roll because she understands her role (unlike her son)," The Independent (2 May 2002)