Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry.

It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married.

There is no greater stupidity than for people...to marry and so surrender themselves to the small miseries of domestic and private life.

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.

Children have the right to grow up in a family with a father and mother capable of creating a suitable environment for the child's development and emotional maturity. Today marriage and the family are in crisis. We now live in a culture of the temporary, in which more and more people are simply giving up on marriage as a public commitment.

Prince Philip is, I believe, well-known for declining compliments of any kind. But throughout he has been a constant strength and guide.