I decline to go fox hunting (nor did she want her sons William and Harry to be involved in hunting).

[On the birth of son William:] Thank goodness he hasn't got ears like his father.

Loneliness is the worst pain in this world. It constantly eats away the person's heart, and can cause the person to hate, to feel enraged. It is like a wound of the heart; the type of wounds that cannot go away with a kiss or a hug. The only thing that can make this great pain go away is love and compassion, another human heart to pull them out of this hell.

You can't do anything good that you don't feel in your heart.

I work on instinct. It's my best adviser.

You see yourself as a good product that sits on a shelf and sells well, and people make a lot of money out of you.

I remember when I used to sit on hospital beds and hold people s hands, people used to be shocked because they d never seen this before. To me it was quite normal.