I love meeting people and helping them..

As for becoming queen, it was never on the forefront of my mind when I married my husband. It was a long way off, that thought..

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

I am not a political figure. The fact is I am a humanitarian figure and always will be..

The public wanted a fairy princess to come and touch them and everything would turn to gold. Little did they realise that the individual is crucifyin….

I'd like people to think of me as someone who cares about them..

Hugs can do great amounts of good - especially for children..

I love to hold people's hands when I visit hospitals, even though they are shocked because they haven't experienced anything like it before, but to m….

[On the birth of son William:] Thank goodness he hasn't got ears like his father..

From the first day I joined that family, nothing could be done naturally any more..

I want to walk into a room, be it a hospital for the dying or a hospital for the sick children, and feel that I am needed. I want to do, not just to ….

There's no better way to dismantle a personality than to isolate it..

Yes, I do touch. I believe that everyone needs that.

I think when I came into marriage -- especially when you've had divorced parents like myself... You'd want to try even harder to make it work and you….

There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded..

I thought I was the luckiest girl in the world. I had tremendous hope in me..

No one sat me down with a piece of paper and said, This is what is expected of you. But... I'm lucky enough in the fact that I have found my role... ….

I was compelled to perform. When I say perform, I was compelled to go out and do my engagements and not let people down and support them and love the….

I will fight for my children on any level so they can reach their potential as human beings and in their public duties..

If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love..

Family is the most important thing in the world..