Children Keep Us In Check. Their Laughter

Of Course, I Tweet. Tweeting Is A Very Personal Form Of Expression. Who Else Could Talk About My Son Refusing To Wear A Suit To Meet The Pope, My Husband Flying A Helicopter, Or Take A Twitpic From Our Home?

Look At Any Country That's Plagued With Poverty, Disease Or Violence; The Antidote Is Girls. Girls Are The Antibodies To Many Of Society's Ills.

Today, I Join King Abdullah In Paris To Stand In Solidarity With The People Of France In Their Darkest Hour...to Stand In Unity Against Extremism In All Its Forms And To Stand Up For Our Cherished Faith, Islam. And So That The Lasting Image Of These Terrible Events Is An Unprecedented Outpouring Of Sympathy And Support Between People Of All Faiths And Cultures.

People Sometimes Think Of 'queen' As A Title That's Shrouded With Protocol And Formality, And For That Reason Sometimes People Are Not Easily Saying What They Want To Say. They're Reluctant To Express Their Opinions, And I Kind Of Find That Frustrating Because I Want To Know What People Really, Really Think.

I Have Nothing Against The Veil. And I Think That, Wrongly, Many In The West Look At The Veil As A Symbol Of Oppression. Now, As Long As A Woman Chooses To Wear The Veil, Because That's Her Belief And Because Of Her Own - That's A Personal Relationship With God, So She Should Be Free To Dress In Whichever Way She Wants.