The Quotes
1) The last thing I could possibly entertain is to get divorced.
2) I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.
3) A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.
4) Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper.
5) I shall maintain the principle of autocracy just as firmly and unflinchingly as it was upheld by my own ever to be remembered dead father.
6) I'm self-employed.
7) How happy are we, in our position, to win the friendship of a people so easily. And yet there is nothing so precious.
8) I am determined that no one person is to lead or guide or dictate to me.
9) What's the good of my being the Prince of Wales if I can't do as I like?
10) I would like to be remembered as a decent human being and a caring one.
Quoted Royals
(A) Frederick the Great
(B) Elizabeth I
(C) Marie Antoinette
(D) the future King Edward VIII
(E) Queen Victoria
(F) Prince Charles
(G) Nicholas II
(H) Princess Grace
(I) Prince Philip
(J) Louis XIV
The Answers
1) F. Prince Charles made this remark years before his romance with Princess Diana. They were married in 1981 and divorced in 1996.
2) B. Elizabeth I ruled England from 1558 to 1603.
3) A. Frederick the Great was an 18th century king of Prussia.
4) J. French king Louis XIV, who reigned from 1643 to 1715, was noted for his impeccable manners.
5) G. Tsar Nicholas II was assassinated in 1918 by Russian revolutionaries.
6) I. Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, is the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. He gave up his naval career in 1951 and now devotes himself to royal duties.
7) C. Marie Antoinette was executed by French revolutionaries in 1793.
8) E. Queen Victoria did let her husband, Prince Albert, guide and dictate to her to some degree.
9) D. The year after he became king, Edward VIII "did what he liked" by abdicating to marry Wallis Simpson.
10) H. Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956.
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