Quotes About Royalty

the haughty princess of Austria, who became, as queen of England, the head of fashion, looked with harsh eyes on his defects, and with contempt on the affection her royal husband entertained for him.

I pick up a Prince bobblehead doll. It's wearing a little purple suit. On

I like to look nice when I go to see His Majesty, the Burger King.

There is an insatiable appetite for things about the wives of Henry the Eighth. Everyone loves them. Sex and murder.

When he comes to learn that he is in fact not related to the queen, and so is not the royal heir

In royal service, soldiers and sailors were often expected to provide for themselves by preying on the civilian population: commandeering, raping, looting, taking prizes. When demobilized, they commonly continued the same practices, but without the same royal protection; demobilized ships became pirate vessels, demobilized troops bandits.

Singing for royalty is a dream of mine - I'd absolutely love to sing for the Queen at the Royal Variety Show. All the contestants are very good. I will just have to do my best and see what happens.

We're bigger than we ever dreamed, and I'm in love with being queen.

Who's that? That's the King. Who's he? The Duke. Who's she? The Princess. What do they call you? The Count. What does that make me? Umm…how about the Peasant? And the name stuck.

España daba vueltas en círculos desde los días de los Reyes Católicos: guerras, dictaduras, reyes engendrando hijos idiotas con primas, tías y medio hermanas, la Iglesia, el perpetuo anclaje en el pasado, los militares, más guerras, más curas, más incultura...

Hans kone, dronning Victoria Eugenia, sa om ham: Han er munter som en latiner, høflig som en habsburger, sportslig som en engelskmann, stolt som en spanjol og like egoistisk som enhver annen mann.

Hertugen av Edinburgh klaget en dag over at han aldri kunne få tak i en kopp med varm kaffe hos seg. I Buckingham Palace er avstanden mellom kjøkkenet og de private værelser så lang at kaffen blir kald på veien. Stakkarne må koke tevannet sitt på en kokeplate.

There once lived a king and a queen as many a one has been.

weird ye to be a Laidly Worm, And borrowed shall ye never be, Until Childe Wynd, the King's own son Come to the Heugh and thrice kiss thee; Until the world comes to an end, Borrowed shall ye never be.

Though there were so many unusual creatures on the Island, the royal family was entirely human and always had been. They were royal in the proper sense – not greedy, not covered in jewels, but brave and fair. They saw themselves as servants of the people which is how all good rulers should think of themselves, but often don't.

Kate Middleton is intelligent, good looking, kind, and fun, and she is remarkably normal.

In many ways, Prince Philip was remarkably good-humored and long-suffering.

I like all the families in the U.K. But what I like about the idea of the royal family is... they seem like they're well educated and there's something admirable about them. And the Queen... she reminds me of my grandma.

Celebrity these days is completely for sale; it's not remotely mysterious. But there's something that remains glamorous and mysterious about royalty.

I've seen Jordanian television lead its newscast with three identical, consecutive scenes, all on the same royal couch. It's hilarious, and most Western reporters cackle sarcastically when they first see it. I certainly did.

During the nineteenth century, men died believing in the cause of royalty or republicanism. In reality, much of their sacrifice was rendered on the altar of the new nationalism.

I know one author whose royalty income has been halved from £34,000 a year to £16,000.

Historians of the sentimental school have sometimes regretted that royalty became absolute, while at the same time rejoicing that it installed plebeians in office. They deceive themselves. Royalty exalted plebeians just because it aimed at becoming absolute; it became absolute because it had exalted plebeians.

If you are not royalty, He is not King.