Yes, but either way, shamed or not, I shall be Queen of England, and this is the last time you will sit in my presence.

Yes, but either way, shamed or not, I shall be Queen of England, and this is the last time you will sit in my presence.

Wealth means nothing at all if you do not know, to the last penny, what your fortune is. You might as well be poor if you do not know what you have.

Before anything else I was a woman who was capable of passion and who had a great need and a great desire for love.

I was born to be your rival,' she [Anne] said simply. 'And you mine. We're sisters, aren't we?

One never gets the same summer twice.

But young hearts mend easily, and hearts that own half of England have something better to do than to beat faster for love.