Who said “Once you touch the trappings of monarchy, like opening an Egyptian tomb, the inside is…”?

“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”

“The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other.”

“I am your anointed Queen. I will never be by violence constrained to do anything. I thank God I am endued with such qualities that if I were turned out of the Realm in my petticoat I were able to live in any place in Christendom.”

“Call me Diana, not Princess Diana.”

“A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.”

“In America journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history: in Britain, as an extension of conversation.”

“Members rise from CMG (known sometimes in Whitehall as ''Call Me God'') to KCMG (''Kindly Call Me God'') to GCMG (''God Calls Me God'').”

“Muddle is the extra unknown personality in any committee.”

“The lounge of the main hotel is full of jollity, with large comfortable men sitting in braces; the bar is packed with talkative intellectuals, full of witty disloyalties. The next week the main hotel is suddenly full of dinner-jackets and large hats. The girls are dressed as if for a weekend in the country. When one of the great men of the party comes through, the crowd edges respectfully away, murmuring loyal noises.”