That is what people want in a leader. To show conviction and strength. To lead.
Sometimes you don’t know how you feel about something until you’ve nearly had it taken away.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition. Oft got without merit and lost without deserving.[quoting William Shakespeare]
One of the most unfortunate things about being sovereign I have discovered is that you paralyze virtually any situation you walk into.
One learns, when one has the benefit of experience, that sometimes time off is the most sensible course of action.
Nothing wrong with a coronation. Under the right circumstances.
Not sure I can trust a modernist with an English name. Give me a German modernist. Or an Italian. They’re the ones who have to start all over again. Whatever would an Englishman want to change?
No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he only had good intentions. You see, he had money as well.
Life in post-war Britain has been one long, painful, uninterrupted crisis.
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 does feel good sometimes to be cheered. It can be a comfort.
If we all had to thank one another every time we did anything in this family, we’d never get anywhere.[to Charles]
