Before Quote by Peter Roskam

Sometimes I joke that I'm an Elizabethan who's had the misfortune to be alive during the reign of the wrong Elizabeth.

— George Fetherling

It is a pity that Elizabeth and I cannot marry each other. Our children would have gained mastery over the whole world.

— Pope Sixtus V

In between having my eldest daughter and my youngest, my husband and I lost two babies, one to a miscarriage and one we decided…

— Cathy Newman

My position in the family turned out to be a lucky one; I bore neither the brunt of my mother's newness to parenthood nor…

— Katharine Graham

I feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to bring Peter Morgan's Princess Elizabeth to life; she is a gift of a role…

— Claire Foy

I was the seventh child in a family of eight siblings. We lost our father very young, and my mother had pretty much single-handedly…

— Shiv Nadar

My father had no sons, so I became queen. The only thing I had to do was perform the role.

— Margrethe II of Denmark

My priorities had been changing before I had Addie but after she was born they changed completely. I don't count - my daughter sort…

— Kim Basinger

During my grief, I realised there was nothing I could do for my mother, but I did have a child.

— Namie Amuro

I feel like a different person since my mum passed away, like I'm driving a ship with my husband alongside me and we're leading…

— Stella McCartney

With my daughter, who at the time was one, my domestic life needed to take more precedent and really with my own self I…

— Graham Coxon

Sometimes I feel like I've forgotten how to be the mom after the death of my son.

— Jill Biden