Royal Family Quotes

• When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.

  Prince Philip

  Inspirational, Funny, Marriage

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I believe that the royal family are a focus of patriotism, of loyalty, of affection and of esteem. That is a rare combination, and we should value it highly.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Loyalty, Believe, Focus

  "Civil List". publications.parliament.uk.

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• I never see any home cooking - all I get is fancy stuff.

  Prince Philip

  Funny, Home, Cooking

  In 'Observer' 28 Oct. 1962

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• I have to be seen to be believed.

  Queen Elizabeth II

  Funny

  "Like a storybook character come to life: why the Queen is a style icon" by Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. September 9, 2015.

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

  Robin Williams

  Funny, Humor, Reality

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• 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.

  Helen Mirren

  Thinking, Class System, Royal

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

  Steven Morrissey

  Royal, England, Flags

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• I don't have a saviour or a royal family.

  John Malkovich

  Royal, Saviour

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• The monarchy is foremost a business, and it's important to them that the British public continue to finance the excessive luxurious lifestyles of the now quite enormous, wasteful and useless 'royal' family.

  Steven Morrissey

  Important, British Monarchy, Useless

  "Morrissey Slams Kate Middleton, Prince Harry & ‘Useless’ Royal Family" by Rebecca Adams, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 3, 2012.

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• 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.

  will.i.am

  Queens, Grandma, Ideas

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A plague on eminence! I hardly dare cross the street any more without a convoy, and I am stared at wherever I go like an idiot member of a royal family or an animal in a zoo; and zoo animals have been known to die from stares.

  Igor Stravinsky

  Zoos, Animal, Royal

  Igor Stravinsky, Robert Craft (1982). “Dialogues”, p.62, Univ of California Press

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• When the question arose whether I, as a member of the royal family, should take part in active combat in the Falklands, there was no question in her mind, and it only took her two days to sort the issue.

  Prince Andrew

  War, Two, Issues

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Jews have deep respect for the Queen and the royal family. We say a prayer for them every Sabbath in synagogue. We recite a special blessing on seeing the Queen.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Queens, Prayer, Blessing

  "The Queen’s Multi-faith Society" by Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 31, 2012.

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• Monarchists frequently declare that without the royal family, Britain would be 'nothing.' What a woeful lack of love for one's country such statements express.

  Julie Burchill

  Country, Would Be, Lack Of Love

  "Once we had anarchy in the UK. Now all we have is monarchy in the UK" by Julie Burchill, www.theguardian.com. April 7, 2012.

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• As I learned from growing up, you don't mess with your grandmother.

  Prince William

  Funny, Growing Up, Grandma

  "Katie Couric Interviews Prince William, Harry In ABC News Special For Diamond Jubilee". www.huffingtonpost.com. May 15, 2012.

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• I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents.

  Prince Charles

  Learning, Parent, Monkeys

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I appear in public, people expect me to neigh, grind my teeth, paw the ground and swish my tail - none of which is easy.

  Anne, Princess Royal

  Funny, Humor, People

  Quoted in Observer (London), 22 May 1977

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• I don't care what kind it is, just get me a beer.

  Prince Philip

  Beer, Royal, Care

  "Prince Philip gaffes: The Duke of Edinburgh's best jokes and witticisms over the years" by Nick Gutteridge, www.express.co.uk. July 16, 2015.

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• I'm not a royal family watcher.

  Bill Nighy

  Royal, Watchers

  "Interviews: ‘Arthur Christmas’ Star Bill Nighy & Director Sarah Smith Discuss Their New Holiday Movie". Interview with Drew Taylor, www.indiewire.com. November 23, 2011.

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

  Vanessa Kirby

  People

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• As a rule, ladies of the Royal Family wear light coloured clothes because such colours are more discernible against a great crowd.

  Norman Hartnell

  Light, Clothes, Crowds

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• Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Children, Real, Parent

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• Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow up that way may never have to develop the emotional musculature that will allow them to show self-restraint.

  Jeffrey Kluger

  Growing Up, Emotional, Self

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• What we need is someone to abolish the House Of Lords, get rid of the Royal Family.

  John Boorman

  House, Needs, Royal

  Interview with Joshua Klein, www.avclub.com. January 20, 1999.

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• British women can't cook.

  Prince Philip

  Funny, Classic, British

  "Long Line of Princely Gaffes". Said in 1966, news.bbc.co.uk. March 01, 2002.

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