- [interview in "Panorama" magazine, 1995] There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.
- Any sane person would have left long ago. But I cannot. I have my sons.
- I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being queen of this country.
- My role is about 80% slog and 20% fantastic.
- If I'm going to comfort the suffering, I have to understand what they've been through.
- [describing her relationship with the press] Wherever I go, it waits for me, and it tracks me down. Whatever I do, whatever I say, it will always look for controversy and contradiction. It will always criticize me.
- My father always taught me to treat everybody as an equal. I have always done and I am sure that [Prince William of Wales and Prince Harry] are the same.
- I was always told by my family that I was the thick one. That I was stupid and my brother was the clever one. And I was always so conscious of that. I used to go to the head mistress crying saying I wish I wasn't so stupid.
- [1993] When I started my public life, 12 years ago, I understood the media might be interested in what I did. I realized then their attention would inevitably focus on both our private and public lives. But I was not aware of how overwhelming that attention would become. Nor the extent to which it would affect both my public duties and my personal life, in a manner, that's been hard to bear. At the end of this year, when I've completed my diary of official engagements, I will be reducing the extent of the public life I've lead so far.
- She won't go quietly, that's the problem. I'll fight to the end, because I believe that I have a role to fulfill, and I've got two children to bring up.
- I do things differently, because I don't go by a rule book, because I lead from the heart, not the head, and albeit that's got me into trouble in my work, I understand that.
- Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back.
- The worst illness of our time is that so many people have to suffer from not ever being loved.
- Oh, my God, what's happened?
- [Ski Resort] As a Parent, I ask you to respect my Children's Privacy.
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