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Quotes by Royalty

"I know my own heart to be entirely English."
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Princess Anne
"I know my own heart to be entirely English."
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"I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade; and the good Lord will forgive me, that's his."
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Catherine the Great
"I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade; and the good Lord will forgive me, that's his."
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"Every man has a wild beast within him."
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Frederick The Great
"Every man has a wild beast within him."
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"I knew what my job was; it was to go out and meet the people and love them."
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Princess Diana
"I knew what my job was; it was to go out and meet the people and love them."
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"I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all."
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Catherine the Great
"I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all."
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"Punctuality is the politeness of kings."
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Louis XVIII
"Punctuality is the politeness of kings."
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"The highest of distinctions is service to others."
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King George VI
"The highest of distinctions is service to others."
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"An educated people can be easily governed."
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Frederick The Great
"An educated people can be easily governed."
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"Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements."
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Elizabeth II
"Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements."
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"Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind."
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Elizabeth I
"Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind."
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"As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.'"
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Duke of Wellington
"As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.'"
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"Family is the most important thing in the world."
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Princess Diana
"Family is the most important thing in the world."
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"I realize that much will be asked of me, yet I am resolved to accept it as a great and splendid task."
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Queen Beatrix
"I realize that much will be asked of me, yet I am resolved to accept it as a great and splendid task."
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"Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry."
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Elizabeth I
"Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry."
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"Nations, like men, have their infancy."
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Henry Bolingbroke
"Nations, like men, have their infancy."
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"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."
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King George V
"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."
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"I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything."
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Elizabeth I
"I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything."
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"Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes."
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Prince Charles
"Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes."
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"The faith of the church must be tried by God's word, and not God's word by the church; neither yet my faith."
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Jane Grey
"The faith of the church must be tried by God's word, and not God's word by the church; neither yet my faith."
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"It is legal because I wish it."
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Louis XIV
"It is legal because I wish it."
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"Today 23 years ago dear Grandmama died. I wonder what she would have thought of a Labour Government."
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King George V
"Today 23 years ago dear Grandmama died. I wonder what she would have thought of a Labour Government."
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"The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be."
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Queen Elizabeth II
"The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be."
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"I shall lend credit to nothing against my people which parents would not believe against their own children."
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Elizabeth I
"I shall lend credit to nothing against my people which parents would not believe against their own children."
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"I don't want expensive gifts; I don't want to be bought. I have everything I want. I just want someone to be there for me, to make me feel safe and secure."
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Princess Diana
"I don't want expensive gifts; I don't want to be bought. I have everything I want. I just want someone to be there for me, to make me feel safe and secure."
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"A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache."
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Catherine the Great
"A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache."
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"I sometimes wonder if two thirds of the globe is covered in red carpet."
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Prince Charles
"I sometimes wonder if two thirds of the globe is covered in red carpet."
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"A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself."
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Marguerite de Valois
"A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself."
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"I believe passionately that everyone has a particular God-given ability."
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Prince Charles
"I believe passionately that everyone has a particular God-given ability."
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"I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong."
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Elizabeth II
"I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong."
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"Being a princess isn't all it's cracked up to be."
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Princess Diana
"Being a princess isn't all it's cracked up to be."
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"I want to walk into a room, be it a hospital for the dying or a hospital for the sick children, and feel that I am needed. I want to do, not just to be."
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Princess Diana
"I want to walk into a room, be it a hospital for the dying or a hospital for the sick children, and feel that I am needed. I want to do, not just to be."
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"It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches."
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Frederick The Great
"It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches."
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"HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it."
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Princess Diana
"HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it."
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"Dread lord and cousin, may the almighty preserve your reverence and lordship in long life and good fortune."
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Owen Glendower
"Dread lord and cousin, may the almighty preserve your reverence and lordship in long life and good fortune."
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"Evil be to him who evil thinks."
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Edward II
"Evil be to him who evil thinks."
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"Good Christian people, I am come hither to die, for according to the law, and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing against it. I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak anything of that, whereof I am accused and condemned to die."
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Anne Boleyn
"Good Christian people, I am come hither to die, for according to the law, and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing against it. I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak anything of that, whereof I am accused and condemned to die."
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"First feelings are always the most natural."
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Louis XIV
"First feelings are always the most natural."
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"We don't come to Canada for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves."
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Prince Philip
"We don't come to Canada for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves."
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"I will not be triumphed over."
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Cleopatra
"I will not be triumphed over."
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"To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?"
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Elizabeth II
"To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?"
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"A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head."
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Elizabeth I
"A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head."
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"I'm aware that people I have loved and have died and are in the spirit world looking after me."
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Princess Diana
"I'm aware that people I have loved and have died and are in the spirit world looking after me."
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"My parents were in short street, so they had to go abroad to economize."
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Queen Mary
"My parents were in short street, so they had to go abroad to economize."
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"Everyone of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves."
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Princess Diana
"Everyone of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves."
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"I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as king as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love."
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Edward VIII
"I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as king as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love."
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"PS: It's all gossip about the prince. I'm not in the habit of taking my girlfriends' beaux."
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Wallis Simpson
"PS: It's all gossip about the prince. I'm not in the habit of taking my girlfriends' beaux."
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"After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself in twelve months."
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King George V
"After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself in twelve months."
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"Most redoubted lord and right sovereign cousin, may the Almighty Lord have you in his keeping."
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Owen Glendower
"Most redoubted lord and right sovereign cousin, may the Almighty Lord have you in his keeping."
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"O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul."
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Anne Boleyn
"O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul."
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"Her old Grannie and subject must be the first to kiss her hand."
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Queen Mary
"Her old Grannie and subject must be the first to kiss her hand."
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