THEY SAID WHAT?

“I wish she could have met Meghan, I wish she was around for Archie. I got a photo up in his nursery and it was one of the first words that he said, apart from ‘mama’, ‘papa’ it was then ‘grandma’, grandma Diana. It’s the sweetest thing, but at the same time it makes me really sad, because she should be here”

– the Duke of Sussex speaking about his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, in a mental health documentary series with Oprah Winfrey.

“There is no evidence to suggest this strain is any more transmissible than other strains identified in the UK and across the world, or to suggest the vaccine doesn’t work against this strain. Please don’t be alarmed, we want you to continue doing what you have been for the past year. Follow the guidance, continue to wash your hands regularly and wear a mask indoors”

– Greg Fell, director of public health in Sheffield, after a new coronavirus variant was identi

fied in the Yorkshire region. “I do think that free trade deals present a fantastic opportunity for our farmers, for businesses of all kinds, and for manufacturers. I think it is vital that as a great historic freetrading nation that grew to prosperity thanks to free trade, and thanks indeed to the Royal Navy, that we see these new openings not as threats but as opportunities”

– PM Boris Johnson, above, following reports the UK is on the verge of signing a post-Brexit

agreement with Australia.

“The Bethnal mulberry is the oldest tree in the East End, surviving plague, fire and (the) Blitz. We hope it will flourish for centuries to come to inspire us all”

– The East End Preservation Society, after it won a High Court challenge over plans to move the tree to make way for flats.