Let’s be brilliant at divorce.[to Charles]
It’s really one of the great paradoxes of being in a position where I have to talk to a great many people, but deep down, I’m happiest with animals.
It’s pretty upsetting knowing the man you love might have feelings for someone else. Although I never realized you could sue someone for falling out of love with you. That’s new.
It’s only when we risk reaching too far that we find out how far it’s possible to go.[quoting T. S. Eliot]
It’s one thing to have popularity. It’s quite another to have influence.
It’s motherhood that’s consistently made me the happiest. When I go to bed at night, it’s the boys I’m thinking about. It’s not a man or a role or a job. It’s the boys. I need to spend more time with my children.[to Dodi]
It’s hard to be half in anything. You’re either in or out.
It’s always been hard for us to understand the connection that Diana has with people, but the fact that it’s inexplicable shouldn’t lead us to deny it.
It does feel good sometimes to be cheered. It can be a comfort.
If you want to be treated like everyone else, you’ve got to act like everyone else.[to William]
If we were an ordinary family and social services came to visit, they’d have thrown us into care and you into jail![to Elizabeth]
If we all had to thank one another every time we did anything in this family, we’d never get anywhere.[to Charles]
