Lady Danbury Quotes

Lady Danbury (to her son): You are Lord Danbury. And you will take your rightful place because you are entitled to it. And because you are my son. You are the son of Agatha Danbury, born name Soma, Royal Blood of the Kpa-Mende Bo tribe in Sierra Leone. You come from warriors. We win. Never forget that.

Lady Danbury (to Violet): What do we know of one another? Really know beyond pedigrees and widowhood? What do any of the women of the ton know of true friendship? It is all social chatter, marital schemes, and gossip. You opened yourself up to show me who you are. That was brave. We mothers and aunts and leaders of the ton, we spend our time endlessly matchmaking, talking of wooing. Of love. Of romance. But never for anyone mature enough to truly understand what any of it means. What it is to go without it. What it is to lose it. We are full of gossip and story, but as women, we are never the topics of the conversation. Lady Whistledown never writes of our hearts. We are untold stories. Yesterday, you told me something of your story. And I... thank you.

Lady Danbury: Coral, you need not draw baths as often.

Coral: Nonsense, my lady. It is simple now we have a full staff. Today, I've even had the new housemaid press lavender oil.

Lady Danbury: Coral! You need not draw baths as often.

Coral: My Lady. We are... We are done?

Lady Danbury: We are done.

Lady Danbury: You are the queen. And this feels beneath you, but if you were not the queen...

Queen Charlotte: But I am.

Lady Danbury: But if you were not... your life here would be very different. Do you not understand? You are the first of your kind. That opened doors, so we are new. Do you not see us? What you are meant to do for us? I tell you to consummate. I tell you to become with child. I tell you to endure. For a reason. You're so preoccupied with whether a man likes you. You're not some simpering girl. You are our queen. Your focus should be your country. Your people. Our side. Why do you not understand that you hold our fates in your hands? Your palace walls are too high, Your Majesty.

Princess Augusta: You surprise me. I always thought you were a quiet one.

Lady Danbury: I am not quiet. It is simply that my husband is loud.

(Lady Danbury sees Charlotte for the first time...)

Lady Danbury: The pieces fall into place.

Lord Danbury: Uh, what?

Lady Danbury: Shh. I said she looks beautiful, husband.