I am a monarch of God's creation, and you reptiles of the earth dare not oppose me. I render an account of my government to none save God and Jesus Christ.

For I know that, despite the huge constitutional difference between a hereditary monarchy and an elected government, in reality the gulf is not so wide ... And each, in its different way, exists only with the support and consent of the people. That consent, or the lack of it, is expressed for you, prime minister, through the ballot box. It is a tough, even brutal, system but at least the message is a clear one for all to read. For us, a royal family, however, the message is often harder to read, obscured as it can be by deference, rhetoric or the conflicting currents of public opinion.

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.

All authority is in the throne; and what is the throne? This wooden frame covered with velvet? No, I am the throne.