Julie Burchill Quotes

Many Americans remain very interested in royal goings-on in general, and not just because of their soap-opera appeal. To a greater degree than any other polity, Britain functions as Americans' defining 'other.'

The tourists who come to our island take in the Monarchy along with feeding the pigeons in Trafalgar Square.

I am very pro-royal. Britain without them would be a sadder place.

I love Spanish cities, particularly Barcelona, Madrid and Palma, which has the most amazing cathedral that I once went to for a wedding.

I am a Londoner and I love my home. There are many things about this country which drive me crazy, but when I am in America, I feel wrong there.

I still read the British papers, but I've never been a Royalist, ever. It's funny, there always seems to be much more of a fascination with the Royal Family over here then there does in England.

I'm proud I'm English and I'm passionate about my country.

Italy has great food and Barcelona has great energy.

I love England from head to toe. I love the weather, the people. I was there in the summer and it was nice. The people are so groovy.

England is better only because I stand out there as 'unusual'.

I was brought up in Britain, and I'm very proud of my Britishness and my culture.

I respect the British a lot - their history, their past, their culture. I think it's beautiful, what they have with the monarchy.

If you travel to Germany, it's still absolutely Germany. If you travel to Sweden, it still has a Swedish identity.

The Royal family to me are not England, and they are not the flag.

I think Brits probably feel that Americans are more like us than vice-versa, if that makes sense. Because we get everything American over here in Britain, but yet there are things which are staunchly English that you guys don't have.

I love London.

Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton.

I do quite like sightseeing. I like churches, museums, galleries and all that stuff. I love the smell of a church in Italy or the smell of an old greasy spoon somewhere. I like markets and little funny shops in the backstreets of Florence.

Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts.

It would be good to see what the Queen gets up to at Buckingham Palace. I bet she spends her whole time watching 'Coronation Street.'

I once worked as a tour guide in the Costa del Sol of Spain.

This sort of thing may be tolerated by the French, but we are British, thank God.

Britain has a great sense of its own national pride. It's like the monarchy is the embodiment of that pride.

I love Britain, but I've only been to the obvious places.

It's unimaginable to meet a Pole or a German who does not know about the history of their country. But lots of English people don't know the difference between Britain and England.