Prince Charles was once obsessed with a particular beauty, Anna Wallace, and couldn’t understand why she walked out on him after he spent the evening dancing with Camilla at the Queen Mother’s 80th birthday party. Ingrid Seward Read Quote
The Queen has well-informed opinions of many of her bishops and likes those who are straightforward and intelligent. Both she and Prince Philip believe Christianity is as much about forgiveness as morality. Ingrid Seward Read Quote
As the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, the Queen feels she cannot be seen to smile in church – and her natural reaction is to combat mirth by putting on a stern face. Ingrid Seward Read Quote
The enormity of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s global influence is daunting, especially for Kate, whose look is admired, copied, and analysed everywhere. Ingrid Seward Read Quote
We got married in 1987; it was really Ross that wanted to get married. I had hoped I might find someone rich and never have to work again, and I could see that was not going to be the case with Ross. Ingrid Seward Read Quote
Even if you only meditate for ten minutes a day, it is ten minutes well spent and, in the long term, can give you the wisdom to see that the answers to our problems lie within us. Ingrid Seward Read Quote
My husband was a serial adulterer, and there was nothing I could do about it: no questions I could ask him, no argument I could have with him, no explanation he could give me or pleas he could make for forgiveness. Ingrid Seward Read Quote
The Queen made a great fuss of her future daughter-in-law, trying to demonstrate that she was interested in Diana for her personal qualities and not just for what she represented, as the wife of the heir to the throne. Ingrid Seward Read Quote
Like many things, the hardest part about meditation is the decision to put aside the time for it. Ingrid Seward Read Quote
I had always thought that meditation was for ladies who lunch and have nothing better to do but indulge in whatever the latest fad may be. Ingrid Seward Read Quote
