Portal:Monarchy/Selected quote

— Anne Boleyn, shortly before her execution in 1536

— Charlemagne, quoted in T. H. Huxley's Science and Education, 1893

— Empress Dowager Cixi, To her lady-in-waiting Der Ling

— George II of Great Britain, tearfully answering his wife, Queen Caroline, who as she lay dying had urged him to marry again.

— Marie Antoinette, Responding to the priest who had accompanied her to the foot of the guillotine, who had whispered, "This is the moment, Madame, to arm yourself with courage."

— Diana, Princess of Wales, Interview with Martin Bashir on BBC Panorama, November 20, 1995.

— Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, to her daughter Queen Elizabeth II, who was contemplating having a second glass of wine at lunch.

— William the Silent, to his first wife while she was dying in 1558

— Queen Rania of Jordan

— Mary of Teck, said, during her last illness, to her physician, who neglected to bow before leaving her room. The physician, taking the hint, promptly turned and bowed before leaving the room.