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I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being queen of this country.

I quite like the Queen. Now, this must come as a fairly amazing statement for someone who is avowedly left wing, pro-independence and anti-monarchy, but there you go.

I am a vigilant monarchist. I want to see things evolve. The direction the monarchy seems to be moving in - towards a more mainland-European model - is one I would feel sympathetic about.

Well, when did this become a monarchy? You know, we are the people. The president works for us and, you know, we need to remember that.

It's vital that the monarchy keeps in touch with the people. It's what I try and do.

I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I have great expectations for the future, but I just don't know if I'm the monarch of all I survey.

Well, I'm British. I'm proud to be British and I love this country. I'm going nowhere.