"Fortune has taken from me my mother and my father, and given me in their stead a kingdom."

"There is no prince in the world who can boast of having a people more faithful and obedient than mine."

"I have had good experience of you, and I have found you all true and faithful subjects."

"I assure you, I am a queen, and will be treated as such."

"Call me a fool, call me a woman, but I will be Queen."