Amused Quote by David Cannadine

If you look at the British royal family and take away the scandals and the goofy stuff that's going on, people love to have…

— Kevin J. Anderson

I think the monarchy today is. . . mildly interesting and largely harmless. I can't find I can get very heated about it. In the next…

— Hilary Mantel

The monarchy is foremost a business, and it's important to them that the British public continue to finance the excessive luxurious lifestyles of the…

— Anonymous

The monarchy is foremost a business, and it's important to them that the British public continue to finance the excessive luxurious lifestyles of the…

— Steven Morrissey

I don't think the monarchy is tawdry in the slightest. I think the monarchy is hugely important for Britain.

— Penny Junor

The Monarchy...is the secret well from which the flourishing institution of British Snobbery draws its nourishment

— Kingsley Martin

If the monarchy were removed tomorrow, it wouldn't have a huge effect on the national mind-set. The monarchy is mildly interesting and largely harmless.…

— Hilary Mantel

The monarchy is thousands of years old and has experienced many things like 'The Crown' in the past. They're always changing and evolving; that's…

— Claire Foy

Something as curious as the monarchy won't survive unless you take account of people's attitudes. After all, if people don't want it, they won't…

— Prince Charles

Americans also seem to believe that the monarchy is a kind of mediaeval hangover, encumbered by premodern notions of decorum; the reality is that…

— Adam Gopnik

I'd like to see a much more open Monarchy, myself. I used to think they were completely useless and we should get rid of…

— Helen Mirren

I simply make this point, that the monarchy in so far, as it is identified with what is, in my opinion, an obsolete class…

— Malcolm Muggeridge