- Prince Albert: It's a beautiful dance, the waltz.
- Queen Victoria: How the young people do enjoy it.
- Prince Albert: Are we so very old?
- Queen Victoria: I'm 21, Albert.
- Prince Albert: That's very old!
- Queen Victoria: Old enough to know that it would be improper for a married woman to dance the waltz!
- Sir Robert Peel: Fine couple Wellington.
- Duke of Wellington: Yes, but I'm in her bad books, Peel, for opposing his rank.
- Sir Robert Peel: And I for opposing his allowance.
- Duke of Wellington: I've seen enough of fighting to know that to keep friendly with your neighbours is about the most important thing in the world.