Quotes About Royalty

Would I be commenting on Amy Fisher? Was that the sort of subject that someone who hoped to become poet laureate should discuss? Would those British laureates who had traditionally written about royal birthdays and royal jubilees have dealt with such goings on?

Little princess, lovely as the dawn, well named Aurore.

A Queen knows who she is.

I notice you didn't laugh, Mr. Black!' 'No, Your Majesty. We are forbidden to laugh at the things kings say, sire, because otherwise we would be at it all day.

Royalty was like dandelions. No matter how many heads you chopped off, the roots were still there underground, waiting to spring up again. It seemed to be a chronic disease. It was as if even the most intelligent person had this little blank spot in their heads where someone had written: Kings. What a good idea. Whoever had created humanity had left in a major design flaw. It was its tendency to bend at the knees.

Royalty pollutes people's minds, boy. honest men start bowing and bobbing just because someone's granddad was a bigger murdering bastard than theirs was.

A shepherd's crown, not a royal one. A crown for someone who knew where she had come from. A crown for the lone light zigzagging through the night sky, hunting for a single lost lamb. A crown for the shepherd who was there to herd away the predators.

T]he princesses were beautiful as the day is long and so noble they, they could pee through a dozen mattresses-

Real kings had shiny swords, obviously. Except... maybe your real real king of, like, days of yore, he would have a sword that didn't sparkle one bit but was bloody efficient at cutting things.

Let the Queen do the fighting cos if you lose the King, you've lost everything.

Contrary to the popular caricature of him, the Duke of Edinburgh was neither judgmental nor unfeeling.

The enormity of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's global influence is daunting, especially for Kate, whose look is admired, copied, and analysed everywhere.

Although I'm sure she's completely charming and delightful, I'm not sure if Kate Middleton might be the best role model. This is a person who has got where she is by marriage, a person whose weight, clothing, hair we worry about - we don't worry about what she's thinking.

You gotta claim the crown and the people also gotta crown you, too. It's not just about somebody saying they king.

By blood a king, in heart a clown.

The king appeared... with his dogs and sycophants behind him.

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

I think gold is made for kings and pharaohs - that's what I am.

The Kings made me a jersey that said 'Treat yo' self' on the back.

Kissing babies and cutting ribbons I tell you, it bores me rigid.

You are Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon

I know exactly where the decrepit, fallen-to-ruin castle of Winter is, as well as Spring, Summer, and Autumn, the High Court, and the queen's bower.

But I don't have a very good track record with royalty. My dress fell off in front of Prince Charles at the Prince's Trust, so I'm just living up to my reputation.

The most truly eccentric dresser in this country is the Queen, who pays no attention whatsoever to fashion