There are many reasons for the decline in royal esteem. One is that so many of the royals are thick.

The junk food of political journalism...all reshuffle stories are crap.

I have a nightmare about Tony [Blair] and Gordon [Brown] killing each other. Not every month, but now and then. I also have a recurring dream about losing.

My public caricature - that of a self-confident alpha male - is only partly accurate.

I never met David Kelly, but I knew from what he told other people that this was not his view. The BBC were saying that Tony Blair was making up lies so that he could send young men and women to war, maybe to die. I think that if the BBC had done their jobs professionally, they'd have realised that you couldn't justify what they said. And nothing has emerged since to justify that report.

My dad, Donald, was a vet and had a practice in Yorkshire. Cats and dogs were his bread and butter, but his greatest love was large animals.

We should confine booing in sports arenas to sport. I love a good boo as much as the next football fan.