Top 30 Prince William Quotes

My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring.

I’m just very keen to have a family and both Catherine and I, you know, are looking forward to having a family in the future.

I’m still trying to decide. It’s a really difficult one because I really enjoy my time in the Air Force. And I’d love to continue it. But the pressures of my other life are building. And fighting them off or balancing the two of them has proven quite difficult.

I’m always open for people saying I’m wrong because most of the time I am.

I get quite lazy about cooking because when I come back from work it is the last thing I want to do, really is spend loads of time cooking.

Being a small boy it’s very daunting seeing the Queen around and not really quite knowing what to talk about.

No one is going to try to fill my mother’s shoes, what she did was fantastic. It’s about making your own future and your own destiny and Kate will do a very good job of that.

It’s my mother’s engagement ring so I thought it was quite nice because obviously she’s not going to be around to share any of the fun and excitement of it all – this was my way of keeping her close to it all.

I’ve had lots of kids come up and ask for my autograph, I’ve had a grandmother stop me and ask me if I know a good place to buy underwear.

I hope I’m not a tourist attraction – I’m sure that they come here really because St. Andrews is just amazing, a beautiful place.

As any new parent knows, you’re only too happy to show off your new child and, you know, proclaim that he is the best looking or the best everything.

I always remember having a healthy respect for my grandmother.

Only the mad girls chase me, I think.

I am as independent as I want to be, same as Catherine and Harry. We’ve all grown up differently to other generations and I very much feel if that I can do it myself, I want to do it myself.

There are times where you can’t do it yourself and the system takes over, or it’s appropriate to do things differently. But I think driving your son and your wife away from hospital was really important to me.

I am and always will be an HRH. But out of personal choice I like to be called William because that is my name and I want people to call me William – for now.

People say it’s not ambitious, but it is actually quite ambitious wanting to help people.

My grandmother certainly does not care for celebrity.

I just want to go to university and have fun – I want to be an ordinary student. I’m only going to university. It’s not like I’m getting married – though that’s what it feels like sometimes.

I think it’s very important that you make your own decision about what you are. Therefore you’re responsible for your actions, so you don’t blame other people.

I’m reasonably headstrong about what I believe in, and what I go for, and I’ve got fantastic people around me who give me great support and advice.

I’m probably a bit of a cheeky grandson, like my brother as well. We both take the mickey a bit too much.

I have to say that I thought search-and-rescue duties over Snowdonia were physically and mentally demanding, but looking after a 3-week-old baby is up there!

We’ll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want a family so we’ll have to start thinking about that.

It’s like a rugby team. If you’re picking for the World Cup final, you’re picking experience with youth. Everything is better off having that balance and that mix. I think that, especially, goes for the monarchy as well.

There’s been a lot of speculation about every single girl I’m with and it actually does quite irritate me after a while, more so because it’s a complete pain for the girls.

You hear a lot of horror stories about proposing and things going horribly wrong – it went really, really well and I was really pleased when she said yes.

When the Queen says ‘well done,’ it means so much.

I’m probably a bit of a cheeky grandson like my brother as well. We both tend to take the mickey a bit much.

When I was younger and my parents used to always slap my hand if I was picking my nose or if I was running around screaming I was told to shut up.