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University of Exeter: Paradise Lost and Regained: How 'Strength and Stay' Reveals Queen Elizabeth II Drew Upon John Milton's Epic Poem for Iconic Speech
December 20, 2024
EXETER, England, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Exeter issued the following news:

Queen Elizabeth II's iconic Golden Wedding anniversary speech that popularised the term 'strength and stay' was inspired and influenced by John Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost.

For years, it's been assumed that the late Queen coined the expression herself for the 1997 speech in referring to the love and devotion she shared with her husband, The Duke of Edinburgh. And the phrase's . . .

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