For forty years I have been married to one of the greatest women the world has ever produced. All I could produce - small as it may be - was love and loyalty.

The whole of the situation of the Conservative Party today springs from that night when they dismissed the best prime minister the country had had since Churchill.

I don't know what reception I'm at, but for God's sake give me a gin and tonic.

What it meant to me: a happy life, of course, companionship, of course. A common objective, I think.

When I'm not paralytic, I like to play golf.

For forty years I have been married to one of the greatest women the world has ever produced. All I could produce - small as it may be - was love and loyalty.

(When asked who wore the pants in his house:) I do, and I also wash and iron them.