“There’s no way I’m going to put myself through Sandhurst and then sit on my arse back home while my boys are out fighting for their country”

On the Nazi uniform:

“I’m very sorry if I offended anybody. I’d like to put it in the past now. What’s done is done; I regret it”

On his father’s second marriage:

“It’s all different. We are very grateful for her. She’s made our father very happy. We’re very happy to have her around”

On the Duchess of Cornwall:

“No, she’s not the wicked stepmother; I’ll say that right now. Everyone has to understand that it’s very hard for her. Look at the position she’s coming into. Don’t always feel sorry for me and William; feel sorry for her”

On his party prince image:

“What, does everyone expect me to be just the caring person and not have a cigarette, not have a beer?”

On media coverage of his relationship with Chelsy:

“Sometimes you deal with it, sometimes you don’t deal with it. You find yourself shouting and screaming at all sorts of different stuff”

On Chelsy:

“My girlfriend is somebody who’s very special to me and yes, she’s gone through some very hard times. No, I’m not going to talk about it”

On himself and his brother:

“I think both me and William are different to the rest of the family, if I can say that. We’ve been brought up totally differently; we’ve been brought up in different times. The world is changing, as everyone knows, we’ve changed with it and I think everybody can see that”

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