Celebrity News: Queen Elizabeth not amused by antics of 'prima donna' soccer players

Keep Up To Date With: Quotes of 2009 | Celebrity Quotes, News

Great Literature: LITERARY QUOTES
Other Links: Email Hoaxes & Scams | Video Greetings | Quit Smoking

Follow on:

Twitter

Popular:

To Kill a Mockingbird

Lord of the Flies

Great Gatsby Quotes

Compose a quote contest for Twitterers soon. Follow us to enter.

AUTHORS by last name: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

TOPICS: Love - Funny - Friendship - Life - Art - Sex - Nature. All Topics - Click Here

Quotes of the Week - Nov 10, 2009:
"I wish they caught me six years ago, eight years ago." -- Bernie Madoff, jailed financier and Ponzi schemer, in newly released interview with representatives of the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

"This is all happening because my father didn't buy me a train set as a kid." --Warren Buffett, investor, on his company's $26 billion purchase of Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad - its biggest deal ever.

"I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears." -- Rihanna, pop singer, on the unprecedented levels of media attention she endured after she was assaulted by former boyfriend Chris Brown in February.

News...Celebrity Quotes and News...Did They Really Say That...

November 20, 2006:
Queen Elizabeth not amused by antics of 'prima donna' soccer players

Britain's Queen Elizabeth says she is not amused by "prima donna" soccer players.

Her majesty's comments came at a recent honorary event and shocked some fans of the beautiful game.

The 80-year-old monarch was knighting FA Premier League chairman Sir David Richards at Buckingham Palace when she made her remarks.

"Football's a difficult business, and aren't they prima donnas?" she proclaimed.
To which Richards replied: "Yes, Ma'am. Some of them are."

Then she said to Sir David: 'But it's a wonderful game."

The Queen was apparently referring to the much criticized behaviour of professional players who dive and feign injury in an attempt to win free kicks and penalties and get opposing players sent off.

"She obviously watches the television," Richards told reporters. "I think she meant when they fall over on the floor and that they're good actors."

The Queen also knighted Welsh fashion designer Julien Macdonald at the ceremony, which recognized people who achieved excellence in their field.

She chatted to Macdonald - who has worked with Chanel and Givenchy - about Audrey Hepburn's little black dress.

Celebrity chef Gary Rhodes was also honored with an Order of the British Empire. Rhodes reminded the Queen that he had once served vegetables to her husband Prince Philip and son Prince Charles, while on a catering course.

The Queen said "Oh goodness - you've certainly moved on and come a long way."

Queen Elizabeth Quotes
News Files