Princess Diana

British royal, humanitarian

Contemporary influential 145 sayings

Sayings by Princess Diana

I'm just trying to survive.

c. 1990s — Recalled by her former butler Paul Burrell in 'A Royal Duty'
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I like to be a free spirit. Some don’t like that, but that’s the way I am.

1992 — Interview with Andrew Morton
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

I wear my heart on my sleeve.

1995 — Interview with BBC
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I’d like to be a queen in people’s hearts.

1995 — BBC Panorama interview
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I’m as thick as a plank.

1991 — Joking about her intelligence in an interview
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HIV does not make people dangerous to know. You can shake their hands and give them a hug. Heaven knows they need it.

1991 — Speech at an AIDS hospice
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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.

1995 — Interview with BBC
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They say it’s better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but what about something in between?

1992 — Interview with Andrew Morton
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

Any husband, by any wife, would have felt threatened by that.

1995 — Referring to her popularity over Prince Charles, BBC Panorama interview
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The pressure was unbearable. It was like I was drowning.

1992 — Referring to her early struggles with royal life, Andrew Morton's book 'Diana: Her True Story'
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I was just so desperate. I knew what was going on, and nobody else seemed to care.

1992 — Referring to her husband's affair, Andrew Morton's book 'Diana: Her True Story'
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I'd like to be a free spirit, not a puppet.

1992 — Quoted in 'Diana: Her True Story' by Andrew Morton
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I will fight for my children, and I will fight for my future.

1992 — Quoted in 'Diana: Her True Story' by Andrew Morton
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I just want to do my job.

1990s — Often said in response to media intrusion, general public knowledge
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I think the British people need someone to put them in touch with their own problems and their own difficulties.

1992 — Quoted in 'Diana: Her True Story' by Andrew Morton
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I've started to understand that I'm very good at being a princess.

1992 — Quoted in 'Diana: Her True Story' by Andrew Morton
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I wanted to help people, and I still want to help people. But I was misunderstood.

1992 — Quoted in 'Diana: Her True Story' by Andrew Morton
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I don't think I'll ever be Queen, and I don't want to be.

1992 — Quoted in 'Diana: Her True Story' by Andrew Morton
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I don't want to be the greatest Queen, I want to be the greatest mother.

1992 — Quoted in 'Diana: Her True Story' by Andrew Morton
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I was very, very sick. I was bulimic for years. And that's a secret that was kept from everybody.

1995 — BBC Panorama interview
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