A biography for Princess Michael of Kenthasn’t been written yet.
“We need to protect animals, not go to court over them.”
“Well we thought a church wedding would be possible. It certainly would be possible in the Catholic church because after all my first marriage had been annulled by Pope Paul VI. The problem arose in that Prince Michael could not have Catholic children.”
“I am not a qualified historian, but rather a teller of stories from history.”
“When I stayed with my father in Africa, I was always covered from head to foot in a shirt buttoned to the neck and khaki trousers. But I often got burnt feet, because I wore sandals, which might explain the cancer on my foot.”
“I don't have the figure for fashion and I've never heard anyone say I was a fashion icon.”
“Incidents happen that mean more mail. The birth of children, obviously, a sudden religious marriage, the tragic loss of a cat - I had over 2,000 letters when my cat disappeared.”
“You know, I love to sing and I don't find it difficult to read music, but no, I would never have been talented enough to be a singer and also it's a very, very demanding thing to be.”
“We have a very strong marriage. We've been together for going on 32 years. I think we have the strongest marriage I know.”
“I don't know whether or not it's good that we embrace all religions. We are no longer Christians - nevertheless a knowledge of God should still be important for Europeans.”
“I have been together with my husband for 33 years. Romance can still be there if you don't see each other brushing your teeth. There's something very nasty about brushing your teeth and then all that flossing.”
“I cook. Well, if I'm giving a dinner party I get in help.”
“I don't think I've ever let myself go in public - I don't even know what it would mean. I mean, I let myself go on horseback by really galloping until, you know, I think I'm going to die.”
“Since I descend just as directly from Catherine de' Medici as I do from Diane de Poitiers, I have no personal interest in damning the one while glorifying the other.”
“I'm a Catholic, you know, not very good news!”
“You have to ask yourself seriously: does this government really want to do things or is it more interested in class struggle?”
“We've cut back dramatically. I mean we never go out to dinner unless we go to somebody's house. We never go to restaurants. That's too extravagant.”
“I've always covered up in the sun and it seemed so ridiculous that I developed cancer despite taking precautions.”
“I wanted to be a writer. I wanted experiences from Cape Town to right up in northern Mozambique.”
“I play a lot of tennis, a lot of quite hard tennis.”
“In these old houses, I mean, we're here in the 17th century part of the palace and I can really belt out a tune if I want, nobody's going to hear me at all.”