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Quotes by Royalty
"If men had to have babies, they would only ever have one each."
60
"Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained."
59
"I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive."
59
"I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married."
58
"Is it possible that my people live in such awful conditions? I tell you, Mr Wheatley, that if I had to live in conditions like that I would be a revolutionary myself."
57
"A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience."
57
"I sometimes wonder if two thirds of the globe is covered in red carpet."
57
"I like to be a free spirit. Some don't like that, but that's the way I am."
57
"I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!"
56
"It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime."
55
"Today 23 years ago dear Grandmama died. I wonder what she would have thought of a Labour Government."
55
"HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it."
55
"PS: It's all gossip about the prince. I'm not in the habit of taking my girlfriends' beaux."
55
"Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth."
54
"I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right."
54
"Smoking is hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs."
54
"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."
54
"I venture to allude to the impression which seemed generally to prevail among their brethren across the seas, that the Old Country must wake up if she intends to maintain her old position of pre-eminence in her colonial trade against foreign competitors."
54
"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."
53
"I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade; and the good Lord will forgive me, that's his."
53
"I am convinced that our movement will be more demoralized and weakened by blind and uncritical admiration than by frank admission of past mistakes."
52
"I believe passionately that everyone has a particular God-given ability."
52
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