83 Quotes by Princess Michael of Kent

I have great lineage.

I realized afterwards that Mountbatten thought I'd be good for my husband. He was our Cyrano de Bergerac.

Kissing babies and cutting ribbons I tell you, it bores me rigid.

Look, I was taught, and I taught my children, if they ever came back from school saying 'Oh, so and so's father's got a helicopter, it's not fair,' I'd say, 'Fair? Whoever said life had to be fair? Is it fair that you live in Kensington Palace? That you've each got a pony? There are an awful lot of kids without a pony, you know.'

I have a pooper-scooper, a long-handled thing with a little shovel.

When I came back from my honeymoon, I was informed that it was not appropriate for a princess to be involved in trade. This came from the court. What about my income? That was my problem, I was told.

The English take the breeding of their horses and dogs more seriously than they do their children. God forbid that the wrong drop of blood should get into their labrador. But their children marry everywhere.

There is a law against discrimination in England. But there is a different law for the royal family.

I think I have only walked down the high street once in my married life.