Penny Junor Quotes

Before filming 'The Crown,' I couldn't care less about the royal family. But now... I'm obsessed.

William's marriage to Kate Middleton showed that social class, which seemed so important when Prince Charles was looking for a bride in the Eighties, is no longer an issue.

No scandal about Queen Elizabeth, I hope?

You are a member of the British royal family. We are never tired, and we all love hospitals.

Being born into the Royal Family is like being born into a mental asylum. Marrying into it is not something to be taken lightly.

I've nothing against the Queen personally. I had lunch at the Palace once upon a time.

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.'

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

I am pleased that Prince Charles and Mrs Camilla Parker Bowles have decided to take this important step.

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.

I have only met Prince Charles once, when he was very charming and easy to chat to. I have always had a soft spot for him, and I admire our constitutional monarchy, but Charles often comes across as eccentric, and he has a mixed press.

I've always been pretty indifferent towards the royal family. I went on a school trip once to Buckingham Palace, and all I can remember is that it was really boring.

If I am going to be the future bloody Queen of England I'm going to wear that dress once because I'm giving up the rest of my life, all of my privacy. At least I can get a new dress every day!

I think there are a number of reasons, not least of which is the personality of the Queen [ Elizabeth II]. It's very easy to underrate her significance. I think she finds the Commonwealth and her position as Head of the Commonwealth infinitely more interesting than being the Queen of England, because she has no significant role in the latter.

Royalty puts a human face on the operations of government.

People are so much more fascinated by the royal family generally than in England.

I think Queen Elisabeth II is a charming woman.

When George VI - displaying a flair for timing that was utterly absent in his lifetime - upped and died, the way was clear for her to inhabit her logical position as the eminence cerise, the bolster behind the throne.

I was happy to be in England, because my mother had always loved the royals, and so do I.

The birth certificate of the royal baby lists her parents' occupations as being 'the prince and princess of the United Kingdom.' It says that under occupation, which I guess sounds better than 'unemployed.'

I have nothing against the Queen of England. Even in my heart I never resented her for not being Jackie Kennedy. She is, to my mind, a very gallant lady, victimized by whoever it is who designs the tops of her uniforms.

[ Elizabeth II] has immersed herself, in the sense [that] she can speak intelligently about any and all members of the Commonwealth and she has played a role.

The good Watson had at that time deserted me for a wife, the only selfish action I can recall in our association. I was alone.

What was the scandal? I fell in love with this girl, married her. We have been married for almost 15 years now.

Queen Elizabeth, who said, Not now, I'm on the throne. Never got a dinner!