Monarchy Quotes

“My final wish is that you all lovingly support Philippe, your new king, and that you will also surround Queen Mathilde with your affection.”

“The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited.”

“I'm all for a monarchy, provided it is a monarchy which is in tune with the times.”

“The idea of a monarchy is a focus for the country and its affections. It's got nothing to do with personalities.”

“The sovereign is absolute; for there is no other authority but that which centers in his single person, that can act with a vigor proportionate to the extent of such a vast dominion.”

“A deo rex, a rege lex — 'the king is from God, the law is from the king'.”

“Kings are gods, and share in a degree the divine independence.”

“The prince is the image of God on earth.”

“For such is our pleasure.”

“Between a monarchy and a republic, the difference is that in the first the state is personalized in the person of the head of state.”

“Divine right of kings was a myth created to justify the absolutism of the monarchy.”

“To be a king is a profession. It is my job.”

“My successor will be my son. He will be the next Shah of Iran.”

“The Queen is brilliant. She's so professional. I think she's a credit to the nation.”

“Kings are justly called gods, for that they exercise a manner or resemblance of a divine power upon earth.”

“Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.”

“It is the king's office to act, and the people's to chatter.”

“The first and most essential of all the unwritten conventions of our constitution is that the Queen reigns, but does not rule.”

“The great merit of the monarchical principle is that it provides a focus for national loyalty which is not a political one.”

“I think royalty has to change in order to survive.”