- Queen Elizabeth II: Do you know, I've been Queen barely ten years. And in that time I've had three Prime Ministers. All of them ambitious men, clever men, brilliant men. Not one has lasted the course. They've either been too old, too ill or too weak. A confederacy of elected quitters.
- Queen Elizabeth II: Look... I'm strong. You know that. And I can cope with the truth. I just demand to know the truth. It's when people don't tell me the truth that I can't bear it.
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh: There are two types of people in life. Those whom one imagines to be trustworthy and reliable, who turn out to be treacherous and weak, like Mr. Macmillan. And those who appear to be complex and difficult, who turn out to be more dependable than anyone thought. Like me. I know exactly what my job is. Your father made it perfectly clear. You are my job. You are the essence of my duty. So here I am. Liegeman of life and limb. In, not out.
- Barrister: We have come from the very depths of lechery and depravity in this case. Prostitution, promiscuity, perversion. What is this loose, despicable world of Stephen Ward and his associates? To look at their behavior, it seems the values we once held dear, decency, respect, trust, are a thing of the past. Civilized society is no longer civilized. The ruling class has given up on its responsibilities and no longer sets the right example. It has sunk instead to a shrunken version of itself. To them I say, "Shame on you. Shame on all of you." Men like Ward deserve none of our pity. They are deserving only of our contempt. The time has finally come to cut out the moral rot at the heart of British society. You will not convict the defendant just because he was at the center of all this depravity, but because he was the orchestrator of it. Be in no doubt, he is a thoroughly filthy fellow. It is therefore in the highest public interest that you do your duty and return a verdict of guilty on this indictment.