Queen Charlotte Quotes
"I am wearing Lyonnaise silk. Encrusted with Indian sapphires. With an overlay of two-hundred-year-old lace."
"I shall do it. I shall bounce, and I will impale myself on this ridiculous corset and bleed to death."
"This is a good thing, Lottie. You shall be happy."
"I am not upset. Nor am I emotional. I am angry."
"One could not sit more squarely in the middle of the Continent than Gotha."
"I had no choice. You want a reason? Fine. I have none."
"You are incomparable. No one told me you would be this beautiful."
"You are the most exquisite creature ever to be born."
"She is lovely. Intelligent, too. That is a good thing."
"I cannot get out of the carriage with my eyes closed."
"Brides were bartered without a thought to their culture or language."
"No one could be perfect. But he was everything she could have hoped for."
"Queen not just of her country, but of her home."
"I am not sure I understand. If this is my house, is it not also our house?"
"You shall be very comfortable here. It is very modern."
"Are we not supposed to do what married people do?"
"I thought you were just George. Forgive me, Your Majesty."
"I had such a wonderful time with you this evening."
"This is our marriage? You there and me here?"
"You are the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Your Majesty."
"What is happening? Where was the darling man who had teased her?"
"I cannot imagine what scientists might invent next."
"If you wish to learn something, then you must."
"The sooner you are with child, the sooner we can cease this performance."
"You are just so beautiful. I can't believe you're mine."
"You are who I tell you to be. Do you understand me?"
"It is good to remember that I am but a bit of dust on a small dot in the universe."
"You carry the crown. Your safety is most important. I shall not leave you alone for a moment. We shall wait for the future king's arrival together." - Princess Augusta
"You are a tree in the orchard of the Crown. And at such a time as it will bloom, I am not your family now." - Duke Adolphus
"She carries the fruit of England. Until that fruit is ripe, her body is not her own." - Duke Adolphus
"The lions were at the gate. This alliance means Mecklenburg-Strelitz is defended by the might of Great Britain." - Duke Adolphus
"My body is his, is it not? My body belongs to the entire bloody country." - Queen Charlotte
"I write him letters. He is at Kew... where he likes to conduct his scientific experiments." - Queen Charlotte
"Georgie has quite the brilliant mind. Truly, one of the greatest of our generation. He must remain undisturbed while he carries out his work." - Princess Augusta
"Charlotte, inside you ripens the fruit of England. And until that fruit is ripe, your body is but a tree." - Duke Adolphus
"I did not ask to sit at the helm of the world. I did not ask for a husband. But if I must have one, it cannot be for a man I do not know." - Queen Charlotte
"I am not just a person, I am a symbol. I have power, an accident of birth or marriage. Either way, it's time I used it." - Queen Charlotte
"The King’s mother had many opinions on the topic of how best to gestate a future monarch."
"Sometimes the sting of it seemed like the only reminder that she was still alive."
"Let it die. It was not right to offer hope, even to plants."
"She is with child. With royal child. She quite literally contains the future of the British Empire in her womb."
"I do not pretend to know what problems await you outside. However, I do know that they will not be solved in here."
"He is funny. And he is kind. And he is so very intelligent."
"I think he was trying to make sense of some mathematical equation."
"I am here to offer my official condolences, of course. Sorrows. Prayers."
"I never intended to marry," he said, shaking his head. "I never wanted to—"
"I could not even read the words on the page. I am not a king."
"You have half a husband, Charlotte. Half a life."
"If what we have is half, then we shall make it the very best half. I love you. It is enough."
"I am your Queen, and as long as I am so, I will never leave your side."
"I am so sorry that I did not give you a choice."
"You said you were Just George. And that is who you are."
"His humor may lack wit, but he is a person of fine character and pure heart."
"Cover your bruises and endure. Do not lose control of your fate, Agatha."