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“Near Victoria, for example, you can find the Queen Mother Sports Centre. Whatever the qualities that particular royal might have had, exuberant attraction to physical sports was not one of them.”
― … And What Do You Do?: What The Royal Family Don't Want You To Know
― … And What Do You Do?: What The Royal Family Don't Want You To Know
“When the King, Edward III, complained about the lack of street sweepers in the capital, he was told they had all died.”
― … And What Do You Do?: What The Royal Family Don't Want You To Know
― … And What Do You Do?: What The Royal Family Don't Want You To Know
“is hardly going to break the bank, even with the Queen at ninety-four.”
― … And What Do You Do?: What The Royal Family Don't Want You To Know
― … And What Do You Do?: What The Royal Family Don't Want You To Know
“Buoyed by the EU referendum result, the arch-monarchist Tory MP for Romford, Andrew Rosindell, chair of the All-Party Flags and Heraldry Parliamentary Group, tabled a parliamentary motion on 3 November 2016. This called for the reinstatement of ‘God Save The Queen’ at the end of each day’s transmission on BBC1.”
― … And What Do You Do?: What The Royal Family Don't Want You To Know
― … And What Do You Do?: What The Royal Family Don't Want You To Know
“But then there is no doubt the royal family feel it important to maintain the hereditary principle as much as possible, for fear that people may begin to question the validity of the concept. It may also be part of the reason why the Queen has robustly knocked back any suggestion that she might abdicate in favour of her son, Prince Charles. Hereditary systems expect you to die in the position which you have inherited. Any suggestion that this can be played around with would inevitably make the concept as a whole look less inviolate than those who benefit from it would like.”
― … And What Do You Do?: What The Royal Family Don't Want You To Know
― … And What Do You Do?: What The Royal Family Don't Want You To Know
“George V regarded her as ‘unsuitable as a friend, disreputable as a mistress, and unthinkable as a queen’.”
― … And What Do You Do?: What The Royal Family Don't Want You To Know
― … And What Do You Do?: What The Royal Family Don't Want You To Know
“Any variation from unbending rigidity may open the door to reform.”
― … And What Do You Do?: What The Royal Family Don't Want You To Know
― … And What Do You Do?: What The Royal Family Don't Want You To Know
