On Charles [James] Fox declaring in the House of Commons by order of the Prince of Wales that he [the Prince] is not married to Mr...s. Fitzherbert, George Selwyn ... said the Prince's instructions to the latter were exactly the words of Othello, "Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whore."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
1992 is not a year I shall look back on with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has... turned out to be an Annus Horribilis.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The 19-year-old Diana ... decided to make her career that of wife. Today that can be a very, very iffy line of work.... And what s...ometimes happens to the women who pursue it is the best argument imaginable for teaching girls that they should always be able to take care of themselves.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Out of coils, Unscrewed, released, no more to be marvelous,... I shall walk straightly through most proper halls Proper myself, princess of properness.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When the Prince of Wales [later King George IV] and the Duke of York went to visit their brother Prince William [later William IV]... at Plymouth, and all three being very loose in their manners, and coarse in their language, Prince William said to his ship's crew, "now I hope you see that I am not the greatest blackguard of my family."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Up through the lubber crust of Wales I rocketed to astonish... The flashing needle rock of squatters, The criers of Shabby and Shorten, The famous stitch droppers.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It looks as if we may be presented with a kind of vast municipal fire station.... What is proposed is like a monstrous carbuncle o...n the face of a much loved and elegant friend.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »