The Story of Vickie (1954)

Romy Schneider: Princess Victoria, Queen Victoria

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Quotes 

• Baroness Lehzen : If the King were to die...

  Princess Victoria : If the King were to die?

  Baroness Lehzen : There would be...

  Princess Victoria : There would be?

  Baroness Lehzen : No one left except...

  Princess Victoria : Except - me. I want to be good.

• Princess Victoria : Since it pleases Almighty God to appoint me to this office, I will do my upmost to do my duty to my country. I'm very young and inexperienced in many, perhaps all matters. But I'm sure that no one has such good intentions as I to do what is right. And so I vow to defend law and justice and to promote the happiness and well-being of my subjects. Yes, this I swear to do.

• Lord Melbourne - Prime Minister : Your majesty, I need your signature.

  Princess Victoria : Self-government of the colonies?

  Lord Melbourne - Prime Minister : We ministers deliberated over this problem one rainy afternoon, the we had no idea what else to do with ourselves.

  Princess Victoria : Will we not become alienated from the colonies and ultimately lose them?

  Lord Melbourne - Prime Minister : I don't believe so. England will remain the rich uncle and the colony will be the poor, faithful relation. Your Majesty, England is big, very big. And mankind is small. One day, the time may come when the responsibility to governing our vast empire is beyond human power. In order to safeguard Your Majesty's estates, we've sought to find a way out. Self-government of the colonies.

  Princess Victoria : Lord Melbourne, you're a genius.

  Lord Melbourne - Prime Minister : It is valuable, Your Majesty, to understand, embrace and implement good ideas.

• Princess Victoria : Can I not issue commands in my own realm?

• Lord Melbourne - Prime Minister : Here are a few judgements from the military court. They include harsh punishments. Following my reform of the criminal justice system, which aims to do away with capital punishment, the only crimes still punishable will be high treason, murder, piracy, rape...

  Princess Victoria : Rape? What is that?

  Lord Melbourne - Prime Minister : You don't know what rape is, Your Majesty?

  Princess Victoria : No, what is it?

  Lord Melbourne - Prime Minister : It is violation. It is difficult to...

  Princess Victoria : If I'm to sing something, I need to know what it concerns.

  Lord Melbourne - Prime Minister : Yes, Your Majesty, how can I explain? Rape concerns something, not inherently repugnant, that a man inflicts upon a woman against her will.

• Baroness Lehzen : You cannot dance in here!

  Princess Victoria : Why not? One can do anything on the Queen's birthday.

• Prince Albert of Sachsen-Coburg : Come closer, please. Closer still.

  Princess Victoria : So close?

  Prince Albert of Sachsen-Coburg : Yes. And now lay your hand on my shoulder.

  Princess Victoria : I should what?

  Prince Albert of Sachsen-Coburg : Lay your hand on my shoulder. Not so stiff. The other one. Put it very gently on my neck. You see, that is the lovely thing about this dance. Now, turn slowly and count softly with me. One two three. One two three. More flexible. One two three. Lighter. One two three. That's it. One two three. Wonderful! Bravo! Bravo!

• Princess Victoria : How did you get up here?

  Prince Albert of Sachsen-Coburg : "With love's light wings did I o'er-perch these walls, For stony limits cannot hold love out. And what love can do that dares love attempt." Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare.

  Princess Victoria : I know, but don't think you can talk like that simply because I accepted your offer of wine. Don't fall!

  Prince Albert of Sachsen-Coburg : I won't, you're holding me. "Lady, by yonder blessed moon I vow. That tips solve all these...

  Princess Victoria : Quiet! I cannot hold you until you've finished quoting Romeo!

  Prince Albert of Sachsen-Coburg : I'm still on Act Two, but very well, I'll skip a few scenes. "One kiss, and I'll descend...

  Princess Victoria : Don't you dare!

• Baroness Lehzen : But, Your Majesty, you feel hot! That must be from waltzing.

  Princess Victoria : And I had a little bit to drink, too.

  Baroness Lehzen : Me, too.

  Princess Victoria : I have five glasses of wine!

  Baroness Lehzen : Yes, and from somebody whose name we don't even know.

  Princess Victoria : Baroness, it would be nice not to be queen sometimes.

• Princess Victoria : But just look at this place! Such disarray! What will he think, a man from Germany, where everything is so orderly? And these windows haven't been cleaned in weeks!

• Princess Victoria : You really are a man!

• Prince Albert of Sachsen-Coburg : If custom were to allow it, then...

  Princess Victoria : Well?

  Prince Albert of Sachsen-Coburg : If custom were to allow it, then...

  Princess Victoria : Yes?

  Prince Albert of Sachsen-Coburg : I think, if custom were to allow it, then...

  Princess Victoria : Then what?

  Prince Albert of Sachsen-Coburg : You have to say it first.

  Princess Victoria : I'm forever beating around the bush! Albert, I love you. Will you be my wife? I'm so confused! Will you be my husband?

  Prince Albert of Sachsen-Coburg : Victoria...

• Princess Victoria : [final lines]  Are we engaged now?

  Prince Albert of Sachsen-Coburg : I think so.

  Princess Victoria : Then, kiss me!

• Princess Victoria : I want to be a good queen and no effort and no tiredness, as big as it might be, would seem troublesome for me if it services the welfare of my folk.