- [Albert and Ernest are drinking to the memory of their father who has just died. They are both very inebriated]
- Prince Ernest: I believe that you are drunk, Albert.
- Prince Albert: I believe that I am. It is a most peculiar sensation. It feels as if I have elves around my person.
- Prince Ernest: Elves or pixies?
- Prince Albert: One cannot be sure.
- Prince Albert: [Looking at his newborn son] Isn't he beautiful?
- Victoria: All babies look like frogs to me.
- Prince Ernest: I will tell you the truth. I am not going to marry Princess Alda... cos she is not a woman, she is a thistle.
- Prince Albert: Uncle Leopold would not marry a thistle.
- Prince Ernest: And I will not, either. I think I need another drink.