I think the relation between the monarch... by Anthony Holden | We Heart Quotes

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I think the relation between the monarchy and the press is very much a two-way street.

- Anthony Holden

Other quotes by Anthony Holden

Positive

It's a problem for him because he's got - like Edward VII had - nearly all his lifetime to wait until he becomes Monarch. What is he going to do with it? So he wants to do something positive but he always courts those dangers.

- Anthony Holden

Idea

I mean Buckingham Palace has never hired a professional public relations outfit let alone a Madison Avenue type and they would throw up their hands in horror at the very idea.

- Anthony Holden

Opinion May World People

They tend to be civil servants, often diplomats drawn from the Foreign Office, who may be very pleasant, intelligent people, but once they get inside the Palace they're riveted to the status quo and they lose track of public opinion in the real world.

- Anthony Holden

Character Years First Now Want

You do now have one in three people, as shown by the famous Carlton Monarchy debate poll, saying they want to get rid of the Monarchy. That was unthinkable even three, four years ago.

- Anthony Holden

Pretty Writing Time Life

He did once say the time to worry is when they stop writing about you but again I think that was pretty token of the coverage was very respectful, he rather resented the intrusions on his private life, but that was about it.

- Anthony Holden

Writers America

I went on a long trip through South America with Prince Charles where I was the only journalist there - a couple of photographers but no other writers.

- Anthony Holden

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