“He's a TV producer, a theatrical impresario, and he wants to be treated as Mr. Windsor but when the going gets rough he wants to be treated like a member of the Royal Family.”
“I would argue that television and particularly the BBC were instrumental in puffing up the Royal Family to a level where they were inflated out of all, all proportion to their relevance on the national scene.”
“So the whole thrust of any kind of reportage of the Royal Family, certainly in the tabloids, it may have been intrusive in terms of the way you define it, but it was certainly very laudatory and it really maintained and expanded the fairy tale.”
“I think it [marrying into the Royal Family] is something Sophie?s mother is quite concerned about. She wants to see happiness for her daughter and, given that three out of four marriages have failed, she has every right to be concerned about whether her daughter will find happiness.”