Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood

Famous quotes containing the words princess, royal and/or countess:

    “He is blowing on light
    each time for the first time.
    His fingers cover the mouths of all the sopranos,
    each a princess in an exact position.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “The captain sat in a commodore’s hat
    And dined in a royal way
    On toasted pigs and pickles and figs
    And gummery bread each day.”
    —Charles Edward Carryl (1841–1920)

    “Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty—excusable, perhaps, when there is such great beauty, or at any rate understandable—should persist after the beauty was gone.”
    —Mary A. [Elizabeth, Countess Von] Arnim (1866–1941)