Robert Lacey Quotes

Prince Philippe is well prepared to succeed me.

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.

The moment seemed right to me for a full and, if possible, authoritative portrait of the life and character of the Prince of Wales.

There is something about Prince William and Prince Harry that brings real modernity to the British royal family. They are also very open, human, and kind, and this is what I have tried to capture in the pictures I have taken of them as well as in my pictures of Prince William and Catherine.

The Duke of York has never remarried.

It's like a rugby team. If you're picking for the World Cup final, you're picking experience with youth. Everything is better off having that balance and that mix. I think that, especially, goes for the monarchy as well.

One child is never enough for a monarch.

There's nothing secret about it. Everyone knows that I am waiting for my real parents, the king and queen, to come restore me to my rightful throne.

Growing up, it was very clear that I was a member of a royal family with a potential function later on. The question was: when and how and if?

I'd like to see a much more open Monarchy, myself. I used to think they were completely useless and we should get rid of them. I don't necessarily feel that way anymore. I'm still ambivalent, I still loathe the British class system, and the Royal family are the apex of the British class system.

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

My children are not royal; they just happen to have the Queen for their aunt.

I'd like to be Queen Elizabeth.

The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.

When you look at Prince Charles, don't you think that someone in the Royal family knew someone in the Royal family?

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.

In the museum, next to the dinosaurs---that’s where the monarchy should go.

The monarchy is a labor-intensive industry.

The head of England is a woman, and quite young, and all orders come from her.

I feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to bring Peter Morgan's Princess Elizabeth to life; she is a gift of a role and a challenge I am so grateful for - a young woman trying to navigate a path through an extraordinary situation.

I think you can't have the monarchy without the coronation. I think you would have to get rid of the whole kit and caboodle.

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.

The Queen was really thrilled that we'd had a little girl, and when we came back here to Kensington, she was one of her first visitors.

The monarchy is thousands of years old and has experienced many things like 'The Crown' in the past. They're always changing and evolving; that's the thing. They have to.