Royalty Quotes

“The impression of a coronation must be a religious one, not a theatrical one.”

“I want to be the king of all Spaniards.”

“The idea of a king is not in the heart of man; it is in a sheep's head.”

“Let them eat cake.”

“I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long.”

“He querido ser Rey de todos los españoles.”

“What do the simple folk do?”

“I am not a film star.”

“I pity the Tsar... It's a miserable job.”

“The Empress is not to be with me, as my vast realm is not yet in a settled state.”

“A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.”

“My grandchildren are not my subjects.”

“George the Third / Ought never to have occurred. / One can only wonder / At so grotesque a blunder.”

“George the Third ought never to have occurred. One can only wonder at so grotesque a blunder.”

“If ever I have found favour in your eyes, if ever the name of Anne Boleyn has been pleasant in your ears, then let me obtain this request.”

“Since I have been a king, I have been a slave.”

“It is necessary to be a man to be a king, but not a king to be a man.”

“I value my freedom more than my crown.”

“For to say the truth, it is a great grace of God when a prince is beloved of his subjects, and that he may reign in peace.”

“Let no one who has not been born a prince trust to being able to rule if by some great fortune he has attained a principality.”