Diana Quotes

The monarchy is a labor-intensive industry.

The crown is not my right and pleases me not. Lady Mary is the heir.

Let me get it straight. Your father was king. You were his only son. Your father dies. You are of age. Your uncle becomes king." "Yes." "Unorthodox.

My father had no sons, so I became queen. The only thing I had to do was perform the role.

All kings and queens are not born of royal bloodlines. Some become royal because of what they do once they realize who they are

the title of Queen rang sweet to my ears, child though I was. ... This idea of a crown began running in my head then like a tune, and has been running a lot in it ever since.

Eerily, the coronation was kind of a reverse of Tatianaʹs funeral. What was the old saying? The queen is dead. Long live the queen

I am the King's Fool. He is the King-In-Wating. Let him wait.

We might, either of us, be Queen of England and yet we'll always be nothing to our family.

The bump I was trying to hide could be the future king of England.

Prince Philippe is well prepared to succeed me.

I've spent a bit of time with the Prince of Wales, who I respect greatly. I'd give two cheers for the Monarchy.

'Britain's Royal Families' became my first published book, in 1989, from The Bodley Head, and the rest of the story is - dare I say it? - history!

I’d like to be a queen of people’s hearts ... but I don’t see myself being Queen of this country.

Like nearly every female, I thought I'd get married and that would be it for life.

I thought she was just the Queen and he was Prince Philip, and that was just who they were, without thinking about them as a mother or a father or daughter.

One child is never enough for a monarch.

Before filming 'The Crown,' I couldn't care less about the royal family. But now... I'm obsessed.

The motivations of kings in British history can generally be reduced to two: the quest for territory and the search for a male heir. No king was secure on his throne until he had a son, and no queen consort was ever really safe without a boy.

I think the Queen enjoyed my book on her father, George VI.

When teachers would say, 'When you all graduate, you won't have anywhere to go' - I'm the type of person playing chess and thinking ahead. I thought that was a good question. Am I going to be winging it? I didn't want to be in that position, so I set myself up to go to college.

Queen Victoria, one of our more frumpy Queen's. They're all frumpy aren't they? Because it's a bad idea when cousin's marry.

Never say never, for if you live long enough, chances are you will not be able to abide by the simplest of such injunctions.

You, know I'm the Queen's favorite great nephew, Well, yeah I'm her only great nephew, but that's not important, I'd still be her favorite.

Life is what happens to us while we're planning something else.