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Quotes by Royalty
"Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth."
18
"I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman."
18
"It's vital that the monarchy keeps in touch with the people. It's what I try and do."
18
"Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress?"
17
"An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful."
17
"I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right."
17
"PS: It's all gossip about the prince. I'm not in the habit of taking my girlfriends' beaux."
17
"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."
17
"Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed."
17
"It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime."
16
"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."
16
"I sometimes wonder if two thirds of the globe is covered in red carpet."
16
"The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa - slightly off balance."
16
"I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married."
16
"We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep."
16
"I am not yet ready to be Tsar. I know nothing of the business of ruling."
16
"I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!"
15
"When I first met Kate I knew there was something very special about her. I knew there was possibly something that I wanted to explore there. We ended up being friends for a while and that just sort of was a good foundation. Because I do generally believe now that being friends with one another is a massive advantage. And It just went from there."
15
"HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it."
15
"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."
15
"For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied... whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter, no sooner is it excited than we have already gone vastly farther than we are aware of."
15
"Smoking is hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs."
15
"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."
15
"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."
15
"Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements."
15
"You can't comfort the afflicted with afflicting the comfortable."
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