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> [“Thatcher once said that if she were a visitor from Mars required to create a constitutional system, "I would set up ... a hereditary monarchy, wonderfully trained, in duty and in leadership which understands example, which is always there, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-bedell-smith/thatcher-once-said-that-if-she-were-a-visitor-from-mars-required-to/)

[Sally Bedell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-bedell-smith/)

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## More by Sally Bedell Smith

> [“Your Majesty, I'm afraid everything that could possibly go wrong is going wrong," said Major Sir Michael Parker, an impresario for royal events with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-bedell-smith/your-majesty-i-m-afraid-everything-that-could-possibly-go-wrong-is/)

[Sally Bedell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-bedell-smith/)

> [“As the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, the monarch is the defender of the faith—the official religion of the country, established by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-bedell-smith/as-the-supreme-governor-of-the-church-of-england-the-monarch-is-the/)

[Sally Bedell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-bedell-smith/)

> [“Charles is difficult to pigeonhole politically. Tony Blair wrote that he considered him a “curious mixture of the traditional and the radical (at one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-bedell-smith/charles-is-difficult-to-pigeonhole-politically-tony-blair-wrote-that/)

[Sally Bedell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-bedell-smith/)

> [“Asked to explain how he became a war hero he (Kennedy) responded, "It was involuntary. They think my boat.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-bedell-smith/asked-to-explain-how-he-became-a-war-hero-he-kennedy-responded-it-was/)

[Sally Bedell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-bedell-smith/)

> [“Charles and their advisers and staff dealt with Diana’s bewildering and often infuriating behavior by placating her, trying to distract her, and ultimately, out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-bedell-smith/charles-and-their-advisers-and-staff-dealt-with-diana-s-bewildering/)

[Sally Bedell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-bedell-smith/)

> [“Philip revealed his carefully cloaked emotions when he wrote to his mother-in-law, "Cherish Lilibet? I wonder if that word is enough to express what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-bedell-smith/philip-revealed-his-carefully-cloaked-emotions-when-he-wrote-to-his/)

[Sally Bedell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-bedell-smith/)

> [“Jack Kennedy brought an "intense concentration" and a "gently teasing humor" to the dinner table, along with what Katherine Graham called his habit of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-bedell-smith/jack-kennedy-brought-an-intense-concentration-and-a-gently-teasing/)

[Sally Bedell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-bedell-smith/)

> [“The Queen drilled in her own mother's maxim that "if you find something or somebody a bore, the fault lies in you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-bedell-smith/the-queen-drilled-in-her-own-mother-s-maxim-that-if-you-find/)

[Sally Bedell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-bedell-smith/)

> [“Thatcher once said that if she were a visitor from Mars required to create a constitutional system, "I would set up ... a hereditary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-bedell-smith/thatcher-once-said-that-if-she-were-a-visitor-from-mars-required-to/)

[Sally Bedell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-bedell-smith/)

> [“Like the princess, Philip didn't believe in public displays of affection, which made it easy to mask his feelings. But he revealed them privately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-bedell-smith/like-the-princess-philip-didn-t-believe-in-public-displays-of/)

[Sally Bedell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-bedell-smith/)

> [“After American titan and presidential father Joseph P. Kennedy suffered a stroke that impacted one side of his body, guests pretended not to notice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-bedell-smith/after-american-titan-and-presidential-father-joseph-p-kennedy/)

[Sally Bedell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-bedell-smith/)

> [“She hit a new low in mid-July when she took up with Dodi Fayed, the son of Egyptian tycoon Mohamed Fayed, who had been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-bedell-smith/she-hit-a-new-low-in-mid-july-when-she-took-up-with-dodi-fayed-the/)

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