Human Quote by David Starkey

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

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

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 monarchical institution in England is immensely valuable.

— Malcolm Muggeridge

There is great weight in the modern times of being monarch, the scrutiny and access is much more than in times gone by.

— George VI

What royal families are very good at doing is surviving and reinventing themselves. That's true whether it's a constitutional monarchy in Britain or an…

— Robert Lacey

“Monarchies have some good features beyond their star qualities. They can reduce the size and parasitic nature of the management bureaucracy. They can make…

— Frank Herbert

There is so much else in the world that is more interesting [ than monarchy].

— Hilary Mantel

There was no doubt that in the early and mid-eighties that many of us in broadsheet newspapers felt that we still had a responsibility…

— Max Hastings

“The prestige of royal power has evaporated, but the majesty of the law has failed to take its place. People nowadays despise authority yet…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Royalty puts a human face on the operations of government.

— Robert Runcie

We have a huge institution that celebrates the undistinguished, an institution which is nearly as old as the Papists. It's been going on for…

— Martin Amis