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"When the question arose whether I, as a member of the royal family, should take part in active combat in the Falklands, there was no question in her mind, and it only took her two days to sort the issue."
"We've had American TV shows in Britain for years and that hasn't affected our culture at all."
"We're not allowed to play Monopoly at home. It gets too vicious."
"It would not be a bad idea if bankers were to go and sit occasionally with politicians in their political surgeries, where they might get a sense of the injustice that some of the community feel about the banks."
"The Queen's intelligence network is a hell of a lot better than anyone's in this palace. Bar none. She knows everything. I don't know how she does it. And she sees everything."
"It's slightly complicated for people to grasp the idea of a head of state in human form."
"In the U.K., we have the best geography teachers in the world!"
"I've always been told I was extremely well-behaved as a kid."
"There is something about going to sea. A little bit of discipline, self-discipline and humility are required."
"I could have worse tags than 'Airmiles Andy' - although I don't know what they are."
"She is incredibly fit, but we remind staff that she's not just the monarch, but our mother."
"I'm in a privileged position and I'm going to do my utmost to use that privileged position on behalf of the U.K., its citizens, its businesses and people."
"Today is reality. Yesterday is history."
"The Royal Family have always had an interest in a number of different areas of society. We are a part of society."
"People say to me, Would you like to swap your life with me for 24 hours? Your life must be very strange. But of course I have not experienced any other life. It's not strange to me."
"I look at Canada like a second home."
"I'll tell you where the injustice is. It's with the person earning £12,000 to £15,000-a-year who is being asked to be restrained by their business or employer. Yet the taxpayer has bailed out the banks, so why are they not showing restraint?"