There is something about going to sea. A little bit of discipline, self-discipline and humility are required.

I'll tell you where the injustice is. It's with the person earning £12,000 to £15,000-a-year who is being asked to be restrained by their business or employer. Yet the taxpayer has bailed out the banks, so why are they not showing restraint?

The Royal Family have always had an interest in a number of different areas of society. We are a part of society.

It's slightly complicated for people to grasp the idea of a head of state in human form.

I would put her appeal down to consistency. In their eyes, she has never let them down. There's a sameness, but at the same time a vitality.

Her friends say she is very funny. At a family dinner, she stood to go, and the footman very properly pulled her chair away. At that moment I asked her a question and she sat down again, except there was no chair. Everyone, including the Queen, laughed and laughed.