Prince Herbert Quotes in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

King of Swamp Castle: We live in a bloody swamp. We need all the land we can get.

Prince Herbert: But I don't like her.

King of Swamp Castle: Don't like her? What's wrong with her? She's beautiful, she's rich, she's got huge... tracts of land.

Sir Lancelot: [Bursts into the Prince's room and kneels before him after killing the guards] Oh, fair one, behold, I am you humble servant Sir Launcelot. I have come to take

[looks up and realizes that he is kneeling before an effeminate Prince, not a Princess]

Sir Lancelot: Oh, I'm terribly sorry!

Prince Herbert: You got my note!

Sir Lancelot: Uh, well, I got a note.

Prince Herbert: You've come to rescue me! I knew someone would! I knew that somewhere out there, there must be someone who

[Music swells]

King of Swamp Castle: Stop that! Stop it! Stop it!

[Music stops]

King of Swamp Castle: Who are you?

Prince Herbert: I'm your son!

King of Swamp Castle: No, not you!

Sir Lancelot: I am Sir Launcelot, sir.

Prince Herbert: He's come to rescue me, father!

Sir Lancelot: Well, let's not jump to conclusions.

King of Swamp Castle: Did you kill all those guards?

Sir Lancelot: Um... oh, yes! Sorry.

King of Swamp Castle: They cost fifty pounds each!

Sir Lancelot: Well, the thing is, I thought your son was a lady.

King of Swamp Castle: Well, I can understand that.

[the King gestures to the window]

King of Swamp Castle: One day, lad, all this will be yours.

Prince Herbert: What, the curtains?

King of Swamp Castle: No, not the curtains, lad, all that you can see stretched out over the valleys and the hills! That'll be your kingdom, lad.

Prince Herbert: But Mother...

King of Swamp Castle: Father, I'm Father.

Prince Herbert: But Father...

Wedding Guest: Look! The dead prince!

Concorde: He's not quite dead.

Prince Herbert: Oh, I feel much better.

King of Swamp Castle: You fell out of the tall tower, you creep!

Prince Herbert: I was saved at the last minute.

King of Swamp Castle: How?

Prince Herbert: Well, I'll tell you.

[music begins playing, the townspeople begin dancing and singing, "He's going to tell, he's going to tell!"]

King of Swamp Castle: Not like that, not like that! No! Stop it! Nooo!

King of Swamp Castle: Listen, Alice...

Prince Herbert: Herbert.

King of Swamp Castle: Herbert...