The Royal Family have always had an interest in a number of different areas of society. We are a part of society.
From Prince Andrew
Her friends say she is very funny. At a family dinner, she stood to go, and the footman very properly pulled her chair away. At that moment I asked her a question and she sat down again, except there was no chair. Everyone, including the Queen, laughed and laughed.
I look at Canada like a second home.
Today is reality. Yesterday is history.
I could have worse tags than 'Airmiles Andy' - although I don't know what they are.
It would not be a bad idea if bankers were to go and sit occasionally with politicians in their political surgeries, where they might get a sense of the injustice that some of the community feel about the banks.
When the question arose whether I, as a member of the royal family, should take part in active combat in the Falklands, there was no question in her mind, and it only took her two days to sort the issue.
We've had American TV shows in Britain for years and that hasn't affected our culture at all.
You, I, we all encounter behaviors that we might say, I wouldn't do that. But she has a huge amount of contact with how people live. She sees more hospices and sink estates than most people.
She is incredibly fit, but we remind staff that she's not just the monarch, but our mother.
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