Charles III quotes

Born
14 November 1948, Buckingham Palace, London, England.

Occupation
King.

Charles III is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms.He was the longest-serving heir apparent and the oldest person to accede to the British throne, at the age of 73, following the death of his mother, Elizabeth II, on 8 September 2022.

The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa – slightly off balance.
– Charles III

Hong Kong has created one of the most successful societies on Earth.
– Charles III

You don’t want to see me all the time. You get bored.
– Charles III

We are not the technology. It should be our – you know, our slave, the technology. But it’s rapidly becoming our master in many areas, I think.
– Charles III

There’s nothing like a jolly good disaster to get people to start doing something.
– Charles III

Christianity was literally born in the Middle East, and we must not forget our Middle Eastern brothers and sisters in Christ.
– Charles III

Your greatest achievement is to love me.
– Charles III

All the time I feel I must justify my existence.
– Charles III

I sometimes wonder if two thirds of the globe is covered in red carpet.
– Charles III

Women are not automatically second-class citizens because they live in Islamic countries. We cannot judge the position of women in Islam aright if we take the most conservative Islamic states as representative of the whole.
– Charles III

I learned the way a monkey learns – by watching its parents.
– Charles III

I’m not very good at being a performing monkey.
– Charles III

It’s always nice to have somebody on your side.
– Charles III

As long as I do not take myself too seriously, I should not be too badly off.
– Charles III

We’re busily wrecking the chances for future generations at a rapid rate of knots by not recognizing the damage we’re doing to the natural environment, bearing in mind that this is the only planet that we know has any life on it.
– Charles III

I find myself born into this particular position. I’m determined to make the most of it and to do whatever I can to help. And I hope I leave things behind a little bit better than I found them.
– Charles III

I think I can safely say that, as adolescents, most people have excess energy to spare and need adventure, excitement, and a challenge.
– Charles III

You have to give this much to the Luftwaffe: when it knocked down our buildings it did not replace them with anything more offensive than rubble. We did that.
– Charles III

I’d rather go by bus.
– Charles III

The mistake is to think that clever technology can solve everything, but it can’t solve our relationship with nature, which is where I think it’s gone wrong in that we have somehow abandoned our proper connection with nature.
– Charles III

That’s called a microphone. It’s a big sausage that picks up everything you say – and you’re starting early.
– Charles III

The whole of nature cries out at our mistreatment of her. If the planet were a patient, we would have treated her long ago.
– Charles III

Something as curious as the monarchy won’t survive unless you take account of people’s attitudes. After all, if people don’t want it, they won’t have it.
– Charles III

Congratulations to ‘Countdown’ – it was an evening I will never forget – and a special thank you to Molly Meldrum.
– Charles III

Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress?
– Charles III

We would never comment on private correspondence.
– Charles III

There is an old show business saying which warns never to work with animals or children, but nobody prepared me for Molly Meldrum.
– Charles III

Extremism is no more the monopoly of Islam than it is the monopoly of other religions, including Christianity.
– Charles III

The whole of the 20th century has always put the car at the center. So by putting the pedestrian first, you create these livable places, I think, with more attraction and interest and character.
– Charles III

I believe passionately that everyone has a particular God-given ability.
– Charles III

I have for some time now been deeply troubled by the growing difficulties faced by Christian communities in various parts of the Middle East. It seems to me that we cannot ignore the fact that Christians in the Middle East are increasingly being deliberately targeted by fundamentalist Islamist militants.
– Charles III

For me, Lord Mountbatten represented the grandfather I never had.
– Charles III

Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes.
– Charles III

As you may possibly have noticed from time to time, I have tended to make a habit of sticking my head above the parapet and generally getting it shot off for pointing out what has always been blindingly obvious to me.
– Charles III

It’s always marvelous to have somebody who, you know, you feel understands and wants to encourage.
– Charles III