Quote#Wisdom
While my father lives I shall be only the Lady Mary, the most unhappy…
Quote byMary I · 1516–1558
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Said while her father was married to Anne Boleyn.
English (original)
While my father lives I shall be only the Lady Mary, the most unhappy lady in Christendom.
— Mary I
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