Compare the scale and magnifcence of Versailles with St James's - the brick-built hovel in which the 18th-century kings of England lived.… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
The Windsor monarchy is held in just awe. The whole process of criticism of the personal behaviour of the monarch is put… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
I tend to be a bit of a proselytiser for the importance of royal courts, but all politics - in fact every… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
In the early 20th century the monarchy was held up as the archetypical virtuous British family. In the late 20th century it… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
In the 20th century, the position of the monarch as head of the Church of England was given a meaning which it… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
What is striking is how the reputation of the monarchy has gone up and down in my lifetime. — David Starkey Copy Share Image
When you look at the history of the monarchy, there's one period that stands out where it is held in universally, awe-inspired… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
I was born in a council house, my father left school at the age of 11, had his teeth out without anaesthetic at the… — David Starkey Copy Share
I was a complete and typical only child. I was bookish, and sport was out of the question anyway. I had read all of… — David Starkey Copy Share
Compare the scale and magnifcence of Versailles with St James's - the brick-built hovel in which the 18th-century kings of England lived. What was… — David Starkey Copy Share
Churchill may have made some horrendous mistakes - Gallipoli, for one - but he had a sense of the profundity and integrity of the… — David Starkey Copy Share
We have this extraordinarily unbalanced constitution, in which we have an elected dictatorship of the prime minister. — David Starkey Copy Share
Historians have become far too precious. Their work has become ever more specialised and, as they steadily lose the context of their studies, they… — David Starkey Copy Share
Floating the idea that every kid in Brixton can become a whizkid at information technology is dishonest. — David Starkey Copy Share
What I love doing is creating a room, with attractive paintings and colours and furnishings - very much my mother. — David Starkey Copy Share
I mean, really, compared to a senior civil servant, I'm very modestly paid! — David Starkey Copy Share
I'm not a completely envy-free zone - I envy 25-year-old men with magnificent bodies - but when I look at my colleagues on the… — David Starkey Copy Share
What Black Lives Matter is doing is a deliberate inversion of the proper processes of historical analysis. It is beginning with a conclusion. And… — David Starkey Copy Share
