The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women

In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.

They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.

True patriotism doesn't exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.

We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.

[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You'd better answer that. It could be someone important.

I don’t like to badmouth people. But I’m the head of a monarchy that began in the ninth century, and I’m apparently more modern than Chris Christie. Look, I know he has to appeal to the crazy right-wingers in his party, but the fact is, he’s not as forward-thinking as an eighty-seven-year-old lady who wears a crown on her head. It’s pathetic.