Princess Olga Andreevna Romanoff

"I would have been a ‘lousy imperial princess’, because I would rather shovel sh-- than have to be very charming and dressed up on a daily basis."

"I can’t say a thing in Russian; I find English hard enough. I know four words in Russian: Da, Net, Spasibo, Dushka (Yes, No, Thank you, Sweetheart)."

"You either like people or you don’t."

"No, well, I don’t know, I have so many cousins in all directions, I don’t know what a cousin feels like."

"Felix is a 'downright civilian', dressed all in brown, walked to and fro about the room, searching in some bookcases with magazines and virtually doing nothing; an utterly unpleasant impression he makes - a man idling in such times.","

"The Queen has never sat there and said anything that makes her miserable, has she? She’s always got on with it."