Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.
It’s vital that the monarchy keeps in touch with the people. It’s what I try and do.
I think like any marriage, especially when you’ve had divorced parents like myself; you want to try even harder to make it work.
I’d like to be a queen in people’s hearts but I don’t see myself being queen of this country.
You can’t comfort the afflicted with afflicting the comfortable.
Any sane person would have left long ago. But I cannot. I have my sons.
As for becoming queen, it was never on the forefront of my mind when I married my husband. It was a long way off, that thought.
Life is just a journey.
I’d like people to think of me as someone who cares about them.
As always, a million heartfelt thanks for bringing such joy into this chick’s life.
You see yourself as a good product that sits on a shelf and sells well, and people make a lot of money out of you.
I am not a political figure, nor do I want to be one; but I come with my heart.
I love to hold people’s hands when I visit hospitals, even though they are shocked because they haven’t experienced anything like it before, but to me it is a normal thing to do.
I wish all the mothers, fathers and children out there realize how much I need them and how much I value their support.
Don’t call me an icon. I’m just a mother trying to help.
I have a woman’s instinct and it’s always a good one.
One day I’m going to go up in a helicopter and it’ll just blow up. MI5 will do away with me.
I was compelled to perform. When I say perform, I was compelled to go out and do my engagements and not let people down and support them and love them. In a way, by being out in public, they supported me although they weren’t aware of just how much healing they were giving me. It carried me through.
I’ve got to have a place where I can find peace of mind.
Being a princess isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
I knew that something profound was coming my way and I was just treading water, waiting for it. I didn’t know what it was. I didn’t know where it was. I didn’t know if it was coming next year or next month. But I knew I was different from my friends in where I was going.