lalaith:
I wish I could remember where exactly I read this, but I can’t so I can only paraphrase from memory.
It was a monarch from one of the European countries. I think a northern European country. He was speaking about the main palace where the royal family was supposed to reside while in the city. This palace was located on prime real estate in the middle of the city. The monarch said (paraphrased) that either this palace is mine in which case I’m going to put it on the market immediately and buy some nice, comfortable home for me and my family to live in or this palace isn’t mine in which case I expect the government to fix it up.
I know I read that a few months ago when I was researching royal public housing for the “grace and favour” section of The Myth of Princess Margaret’s Tragic Life , but the monarch and royal family weren’t the British royal family, so I didn’t make a note of it other than thinking this was a sharp, funny monarch they had. I’ll let my mind dwell on it and see if I can’t remember more details as I dislike posting a paraphrase or not having a link for a quote. If I can figure it out, I’ll post the exact quote and link to the news article where I read it.
I’ve tried, but I can’t find the exact quote again. I even checked my web history, but I must not have been signed in because there were only a few searches on the topic, and I did a lot more than that.
Maybe someone from the country can remember their monarch’s quote.