Quotes of the day

“Are you sure you can afford it?”

The Duke of Edinburgh to a well-wisher who gave the Queen a fountain pen as a 90th birthday gift.

“Putin should be running Europe. We should get rid of Brussels and he should just be in charge. He does what he says he’s going to do, he gets the job done.”

F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

“Zac Goldsmith’s subtle dog-whistle is becoming a full-blown racist scream.”

Labour MP Yvette Cooper on the Tory candidate for London mayor.

“All the things that are not cool, that you are not supposed to do if you want to keep your man , I do.”

Actress Susan Sarandon.

“She gave us the most almighty bollocking, and that sort of stuck in my mind from that moment on.”

The Duke of Cambridge recalls how the Queen rebuked him and a friend when as small boys they engaged in dangerous horseplay with a quad bike.

“The national anthem clearly works: at almost 90 Her Majesty continues to be saved.”

Graham Williams of Cardiff in a letter to the Daily Mail.