QUOTES OF THE DAY

“It depends how seriously it’s taken, and how well it’s used, but I think moving forward, having a vaccine passport or some kind of an on-site test is going to be used more and more, and we just need to get used to it and bite the bullet, in a way, because it’s going to affect our travel outside this country as well, so we might as well get our own system in order,”

- Professor Tim Spector, above, who

leads the King’s College London Covid Symptom Tracker app study, on the potential for vaccine

passports.

“I didn’t realise, even at my age, I’d actually win a gold medal, so I’m even more grateful,”

- The Prince of Wales upon receiving the City of Athens Gold Medal of Honour during an official two-day visit to Greece.

“For the next few days I am going to walk around London with a pint of milk on my person because that pint will represent my protest,”

- Conservative MP Sir Charles Walker says he will protest against the price of milk, although he has not decided if it is too low or too high.

“I have bought an electric bike but it [the electric car] is on its way,”

- Shadow business secretary Ed Miliband admits he does not have an electric car but wants to spearhead a move to make them “an option for all” in the UK.

“For ages I thought the whole thing was a hoax. They kept emailing me and ringing me about the donation saying it was from the Duchess of Sussex and I just couldn’t believe it,”

- Sajid Mohammed, director of charity Himmah, welcomes a £10,000 donation from Meghan to help battle poverty, racism and social exclusion.