Behind the scenes Quote by James Morcan

There are many reasons for the decline in royal esteem. One is that so many of the royals are thick.

— Alastair Campbell

“The people of England and their monarchy are only good at trade, but they have little or no experience on the battlefield. Thus, it…

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

Growing up in England, of course you do absorb certain ways the royals wave their hands and carry themselves.

— Julie Andrews

There's a very delicate but important contract that a Royal has with the British public and it's this: Most people don't mind paying for…

— Rachel Parris

If you look back 600 years ago, royals' sole goal was to keep their wealth within the family.

— Peter Diamandis

“We have to be more royal than royalty itself or nobody will believe us.”

— Philippa Gregory

Instead of exporting what they perceived to be rational, modern, humane government to their colonies, the British often found themselves propping up deeply unattractive…

— Linda Colley

I believe that the royal family are a focus of patriotism, of loyalty, of affection and of esteem. That is a rare combination, and…

— Margaret Thatcher

People used to respect royalty to an insane extent that doesn't exist nowadays. These people never shouted. They never moved, really. Their effort was…

— Sofia Boutella

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

“The King ruled in consultation with his chief nobles, who fromed the nucleus of what was in effect a military aristocracy, whose power was…

— Alison Weir

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