Andrew Morton Quote

While Diana finds the monarchy as presently organized a crumbling institution, she has a deep respect for the manner in which the Queen has conducted herself for the last forty years. Indeed, much as she would like to leave her husband, Diana has emphasized to her: I will never let you down. Before she attended a garden party on a stifling July afternoon last year, a friend offered Diana a fan to take with her. She refused saying: I can’t do that. My mother-in-law is going to be standing there with her handbag, gloves, stockings and shoes. It was a sentiment expressed in admiring tones for the Sovereign’s complete self-control in every circumstance, however trying.