THEY SAID WHAT?

“Set some early alarms and get your tea ready, people!”

- The Good Morning America TV show urging its viewers to be prepared for the royal wedding coverage.

“There is a need to shine a light through the fog of lies, half-truths and obfuscation that pours out of their propaganda machine”

- Andrew Parker, head of MI5, in an attack on the Kremlin.

“I don’t want to ignore the elephant in the room but it would be crass and inappropriate to discuss my fee, so let’s just say I’m going to be putting in half the effort. To be honest I haven’t even cleaned my teeth”

- TV’s Sue Perkins, below, takes a swipe at the gender pay gap as

she hosts the Baftas. “The economy has been turned into a giant hoover sucking wealth out of the pockets of ordinary people into the often offshore bank accounts of the super-elite”

- Shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Trickett.

“It is very difficult to walk away when you are getting results. I am not practising like I used to, I am not devoted like I used to be, but I am still winning. It is like an injured animal - I can’t put my snooker career out of its misery”

- Snooker star Ronnie O’Sullivan says he has problems about quitting the game.

“The National Health Service is one of our country’s greatest treasures, and something we should all be immensely proud of. Perhaps the most wonderful thing about the NHS is its people. The skill, care, and dedication that they provide every day is truly inspirational”

- The Duke of Cambridge.