The Heir Apparent Quotes

“between 1862”
― Jane Ridley, Bertie: A Life of Edward VII

“Lehzen.17 Bullying his wife at a time when depression made”
― Jane Ridley, Bertie: A Life of Edward VII

“As Keeper of the Royal Archives (1943–53), Lascelles sanctioned official biographies of George V by Harold Nicolson, Queen Mary by James Pope-Hennessy, and George VI by John Wheeler-Bennett.”
― Jane Ridley, The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince

“King Edward, who "smoke cigars, was addicted to and entente cordials, married a Sea King's daughter and invented appendicitis," pursued a policy of peace that "was very successful and culminated in the Great War to End War.”
― Jane Ridley, The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince

“which his Holiness recently received me in Rome.”48 Wyndham noticed”
― Jane Ridley, The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince

“A 1970 survey of dreams about Queen Elizabeth II found that people continued to dream about Queen Victoria seventy years after her death, so deeply was her narrative encrypted in the subconscious of the British people. (Brian Masters, Dreams About the Queen, Blond and Briggs, 1972, pp. 83–84.)”
― Jane Ridley, The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince