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Quotes by Royalty
"These works brought all these people here. Something should be done to get them at work again."
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"There's been a lot of speculation about every single girl I'm with and it actually does quite irritate me after a while, more so because it's a complete pain for the girls."
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"A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly."
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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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"People say it's not ambitious, but it is actually quite ambitious wanting to help people."
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"I like going there for golf. America's one vast golf course these days."
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"Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet."
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"I've had lots of kids come up and ask for my autograph, I've had a grandmother stop me and ask me if I know a good place to buy underwear."
Kids,
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"Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife."
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"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."
31
"Of course, I do have a slight advantage over the rest of you. It helps in a pinch to be able to remind your bride that you gave up a throne for her."
Rest,
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"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."
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"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."
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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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"You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the throne. But I want you to understand that in making up my mind I did not forget the country or the empire, which, as Prince of Wales and lately as King, I have for twenty-five years tried to serve."
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"I just want to go to university and have fun - I want to be an ordinary student. I'm only going to university. It's not like I'm getting married - though that's what it feels like sometimes."
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"Lord Chancellor, did I deliver the speech well? I am glad of that, for there was nothing in it."
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"It is necessary to try to pass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life."
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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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"Let me tell you quite bluntly that this king business has given me personally nothing but headaches."
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"She is incredibly fit, but we remind staff that she's not just the monarch, but our mother."
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"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."
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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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"A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself."
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