Royalty Quotes

Elizabeth II

Queen Victoria

Elizabeth I of England

Louis XIV of France

Henry VIII of England

Diana, Princess of Wales

Marie Antoinette

Upon hearing the news of the French defeat at Malplaquet:

Has God forgotten all I have done for him?

Louis XIV of France

Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?

Marie Antoinette

When I started my public life, twelve years ago, I understood the media might be interested in what I did. I realized then their attention would inevitably focus on both our private and public lives. But I was not aware of how overwhelming that attention would become. Nor the extent to which it would affect both my public duties and my personal life, in a manner, that's been hard to bear. At the end of this year, when I've completed my diary of official engagements, I will be reducing the extent of the public life I've lead so far.

Diana, Princess of Wales

Let the good service of well-deservers be never rewarded with loss. Let their thanks be such as may encourage more strivers for the like.

Elizabeth I of England

I see and hear daily that you of the Clergy preach one against another, teach one contrary to another, inveigh one against another without charity or discretion. Some be too stiff in their old mumpsimus, others be too busy and curious in their new sumpsimus. Thus all men almost be in variety and discord.

Henry VIII of England

In tomorrow's world we must all work together as hard as ever, if we're truly to be United Nations

Lord Aberdeen was quite touched when I told him I was so attached to the dear, dear Highlands and missed the fine hills so much. There is a great peculiarity about the Highlands and Highlanders; and they are such a chivalrous, fine, active people.

The Spartans do not ask how many the enemies are but where they are.

Weep not for me: suffering, as I do, unjustly, I am in a happier case than my murderers.

The very idea that all children want to be cuddled by a complete stranger I find utterly amazing.

Anne, Princess Royal

Wherefore should I not offer my congratulations? But the very fact of them being Sayyids, those fountains of felicity, demands heartily exertions in support of Islam and their ancestor Muhammad the Lord of Apostles. Let two Kaftans of honor for the two brothers be issued from my wardrobe and let them be sent with two swords, jewel-hilted and provided with pearl mounted belts, let Jamdat-ul-Mulk write much praise and congratulations when sending these presents.

... It is sad and discouraging that the reports of dear Leopold show no improvement, & I am sure it must be a worry to you. All one can say, is that one has tried all for the best, & one must bear in mind that possibly it may be some time still before he can use his legs properly after such repeated attacks & that paralysis...

Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom

I had horses, arms, men, wealth. Are you surprised I am sorry to lose them? If you want to rule the world, does it follow that everyone else welcomes enslavement?

I think, the people around home are very supportive to us and those are the people who really matter to us, our close friends and close family and I think if they feel you are doing the right thing you can only be true to yourself and you sort of have to ignore a lot of what's said, obviously take it on board, but you have to be yourself really and that's how I have stuck by it really.

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

Doctors! You know yourself, without the help of any doctors that your case has no foundation! I care not a straw for your Doctors! For every Doctor and Lawyer that upholds your case I could find a thousand that would find our marriage good and valid!

Catherine of Aragon

The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa — slightly off balance.

Charles, Prince of Wales

I die a Christian, according to the profession of the Church of England, as I found it left me by my father.

Charles I of England

Now they [the Powers] have started the aggression, and the extinction of our nation is imminent. If we just fold our arms and yield to them, I would have no face to see our ancestors after death. If we must perish, why not fight to the death?

Empress Dowager Cixi

If the Greek people decide that they want a republic, they are entitled to have that and should be left in peace to enjoy it.

Constantine II of Greece

You cannot be buried in obscurity: you are exposed upon a grand theater to the view of the world. If your actions are upright and benevolent, be assured they will augment your power and happiness.

Cyrus the Great

To me, jazz is the closest thing to insanity that there is in music.

I will say with certain intention, that I will see my laws strictly obeyed, and those who break them shall be watched and denounced.

Edward VI of England

To the Duke of Newcastle, who had told him that General Wolfe was a madman:

Mad, is he? Then I hope he will bite some of my other generals.

George II of Great Britain

I can never suppose this country so far lost to all ideas of self-importance as to be willing to grant America independence; if that could ever be adopted I shall despair of this country being ever preserved from a state of inferiority and consequently falling into a very low class among the European States.

George III of the United Kingdom

I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war.

George V of the United Kingdom