“I am not going to write 'Fifty Shades of Royal Purple.' Well I could, ...” — Princess Michael of Kent Quote

“I am not going to write 'Fifty Shades of Royal Purple.' Well I could, but I would be put in a beautifully decorated - that having been my profession before - room in the Tower.”

“And sometimes people say, 'Oh well, we all descend from Adam and Eve.' But do you descend from Charlemagne directly? Do you descend from Saint King Louis IX? I do.”

“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.”

“I thought I was going to be a lot more freaked out by being naked onstage. I think on film I would have been more freaked out, because film is less forgiving. But onstage it's lit so beautifully. It would make my mother look good.”

“There is an element of luck, there is an element of trial and error, sometimes you fail, sometimes you succeed. It's not as beautifully simple as it may seem when we are talking about it.”

“If you have seven homes, every room is not a beautifully curated expression of your personality.”