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Quotes by Royalty
"I am not yet ready to be Tsar. I know nothing of the business of ruling."
8
"I am convinced that our movement will be more demoralized and weakened by blind and uncritical admiration than by frank admission of past mistakes."
7
"You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings."
7
"It's almost a responsibility for all the people of the United Kingdom, regardless of race, color or creed, and an understanding that you have an individual connection with each and every one."
7
"An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful."
7
"All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way."
7
"I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown."
7
"My advisers built a wall between myself and my people. I didn't realize what was happening. When I woke up, I had lost my people."
7
"People say it's not ambitious, but it is actually quite ambitious wanting to help people."
6
"Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life - a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are."
6
"I don't go by the rule book... I lead from the heart, not the head."
6
"You, I, we all encounter behaviors that we might say, I wouldn't do that. But she has a huge amount of contact with how people live. She sees more hospices and sink estates than most people."
6
"I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting."
6
"You hear a lot of horror stories about proposing and things going horribly wrong - it went really, really well and I was really pleased when she said yes."
6
"I think the biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved. I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month, but I can give. I am very happy to do that, I want to do that."
6
"My children are not royal; they just happen to have the Queen for their aunt."
6
"A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly."
6
"We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist."
6
"They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?"
6
"I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men."
6
"Her friends say she is very funny. At a family dinner, she stood to go, and the footman very properly pulled her chair away. At that moment I asked her a question and she sat down again, except there was no chair. Everyone, including the Queen, laughed and laughed."
6
"You are a pest, by the very nature of that camera in your hand."
5
"Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained."
5
"When I was trying to impress Kate I was trying to cook these amazing fancy dinners and what would happen was I would burn something, something would overspill, something would catch on fire and she would be sitting in the background trying to help, and basically taking control of the whole situation, so I was quite glad she was there at the time."
5
"No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret the loss of expensive diversions or variety of company if she can be amused with an author in her closet."
5
"In a few generations more, there will probably be no room at all allowed for animals on the earth: no need of them, no toleration of them."
5
"It's my mother's engagement ring so I thought it was quite nice because obviously she's not going to be around to share any of the fun and excitement of it all - this was my way of keeping her close to it all."
5
"The Queen's intelligence network is a hell of a lot better than anyone's in this palace. Bar none. She knows everything. I don't know how she does it. And she sees everything."
5
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