As somebody who's been writing about this subject for getting on twenty years now, it's astonishing how the climate has changed in the last five years.

I think the relation between the monarchy and the press is very much a two-way street.

When the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret were growing up, that was at it's height and the War cemented that with photographs of the Royal Family having breakfast together and so on, by pinning their reputation so firmly on that particular issue.

The winner is not the player who wins the most pots. The winner is the player who wins the most money.

The good news is that in every deck of fifty-two cards there are 2,598,960 possible hands. The bad news is that you are only going to be dealt one of them.

It was delightful but, of course, it was pretty insulting to my professional reputation.

When the magistrate says 'That's not a good enough reason my man.' He said 'Excuse me, could I ask you? Have you taken an oath of allegiance to the Monarch?'