Prince Charles

“Christianity was literally born in the Middle East, and we must not forget our Middle Eastern brothers and sisters in Christ.”

“There is an old show business saying which warns never to work with animals or children, but nobody prepared me for Molly Meldrum.”

“Something as curious as the monarchy won't survive unless you take account of people's attitudes. After all, if people don't want it, they won't have it.”

“I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents.”

“I'm not very good at being a performing monkey.”

“That's called a microphone. It's a big sausage that picks up everything you say - and you're starting early.”

“As you may possibly have noticed from time to time, I have tended to make a habit of sticking my head above the parapet and generally getting it shot off for pointing out what has always bee...”

“As human beings, we suffer from an innate tendency to jump to conclusions, to judge people too quickly, and to pronounce them failures or heroes without due consideration.”

“You have to give this much to the Luftwaffe: when it knocked down our buildings it did not replace them with anything more offensive than rubble. We did that.”

“Women are not automatically second-class citizens because they live in Islamic countries. We cannot judge the position of women in Islam aright if we take the most conservative Islamic state...”

“Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress?”