I can't think of a more wonderful thanksgiving for the life I have had than that everyone should be jolly at my funeral

If you've got it, wear it.

Sailors, with their built-in sense of order and discipline, should really be running the world.

Men o' war were to be a part of the fabric of my life for the next half-century.

My mother said, Don't worry abot what people think now. Think about whether your children and grandchildren will think you've done well.

Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children.