Quote by Walter Bagehot
The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, t

The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights — the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn. And a king of great sense and sagacity would want no others. – Walter Bagehot

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It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations. – Walter Bagehot

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Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown: that I have reigned with your loves. And though you have had, and may have, many mightier and wiser princes sitting in this seat; yet you never had, nor shall have any that will love you better. – Elizabeth I

All the time I feel I must justify my existence. – Prince Of Wales Charles

Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions. – Walter Bagehot

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