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I thought I was the luckiest girl in the world. I had tremendous hope in me.
Whoever is in the distress can call me. I will come running wherever they are.
I am not a political figure, nor do I want to be one; but I come with my heart.
Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back.
So many people supported me through my public life and I will never forget them.
[On the birth of son William:] Thank goodness he hasn't got ears like his father.
From the first day I joined that family, nothing could be done naturally any more.
Helping people in need is a good and essential part of my life, a kind of destiny.
As always, a million heartfelt thanks for bringing such joy into this chick's life.
It's vital that the monarchy keeps in touch with the people. It's what I try and do.
I am not a political figure. The fact is I am a humanitarian figure and always will be.
I understand people's suffering, people's pain, more than you will every know yourself.
The worse illness of our time, is that so many people have to suffer from never being loved
One day I'm going to go up in a helicopter and it'll just blow up. MI5 will do away with me
I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being queen of this country.
[On the press:] I love working with children, and I have learned to be very patient with them.
The people that I care about are the people out there on the street. I can identify with them.
I'm aware that people I have loved and have died and are in the spirit world looking after me.
The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance. Everyone is so intolerant of each other.
My first thoughts are that I should not let people down, that I should support them and love them.
I decline to go fox hunting (nor did she want her sons William and Harry to be involved in hunting).
Everyone of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves.
You have so much pain inside yourself that you try & hurt yourself on the outside because you want help.
People think that at the end of the day a man is the only answer. Actually, a fulfilling job is better for me.
I've got what my mother's got - however bloody you are feeling you can put on the most amazing show of happiness.
You see yourself as a good product that sits on a shelf and sells well, and people make a lot of money out of you.
... I'm much closer to the people at the bottom than the people at the top, and the latter won't forgive me for it.
I desperately loved my husband and I wanted to share everything together, and I thought that we were a very good team.
I will fight for my children on any level so they can reach their potential as human beings and in their public duties.
I wish all the mothers, fathers and children out there realize how much I need them and how much I value their support.
HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it.
If I am to care for people in hospital I really must know every aspect of their treatment and to understand their suffering.
Princess Diana was a wonderful, caring philanthropist. She would come sometimes into the church and sit at the back and pray.
At the age of 19, you always think you are prepared for everything and you think you have the knowledge of what?s coming ahead.
As for becoming queen, it was never on the forefront of my mind when I married my husband. It was a long way off, that thought.
I think like any marriage, especially when you've had divorced parents like myself; you want to try even harder to make it work.
I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions, their insecurities, people's distress, and their hopes and dreams.
They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?
My husband asked for the separation and I supported it. We had struggled to keep it going, but obviously we'd both run out of steam.
Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.
The press is ferocious. It forgives nothing, it only hunts for mistakes . . . In my position anyone sane would have left a long time ago.
It has always been my concern to touch people with leprosy, trying to show in a simple action that they are not reviled, nor are we repulsed.
I understand that change is frightening for people, especially if there's nothing to go to. It's best to stay where you are. I understand that.
The world is too little aware of the waste of life, limb and land which anti-personnel landmines are causing among some of the poorest people on earth.
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. I want to do, not just to be.
I don't want expensive gifts; I don't want to be bought. I have everything I want. I just want someone to be there for me, to make me feel safe and secure.
I remember saying to my husband, ''Why? Why have you got this lady around?'' And he said, ''Well, I refuse to be the Prince of Wales who never had a mistress.''
The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most difficult periods, and always your love and affection have eased the journey.
I remember when I used to sit on hospital beds and hold people s hands, people used to be shocked because they d never seen this before. To me it was quite normal.
I do things differently, because I don't go by a rule book, because I lead from the heart, not the head, and albeit that's got me into trouble in my work, I understand that.