Western Morning News (Saturday)
The things they say
“You shouldn’t be shamed or vilified or cancelled for having an opinion, unless you genuinely are spewing hateful, bigoted stuff ”
– Piers Morgan, who left ITV after saying he did not believe the Duchess of Sussex’s claims in her Oprah Winfrey interview. “You see the darkness in humanity in a war, but you also see the light”
– Jeremy Clarkson’s beekeeper Lucy Zaichenko who, with her Ukrainian husband, is organising support for the embattled country. “For the longest time, I was battling with wanting to look traditionally like what people picture as beautiful and I was getting really lost in that”
– Maisie Williams on meeting perceptions of traditional beauty. “The opportunities you get and the things that you do, you know in your heart of hearts that you’ve had to jump through many more hoops than your counterparts”
– AJ Odudu feels she has to work harder than her white counterparts. “Comedy’s the worst thing when you’re having emotional problems”
– Actor Robert Lindsay.
“He’s back with his own people, he’s back in an environment that he’s so natural in and that he cares about”
– Jaco Van Gass, a Paralympian gold medallist and former Invictus competitor, on the Duke of Sussex at the Invictus Games. “He’s just having a blast at the games. This is what he lives for. He thrives in this environment. He loves being around the armed forces community and he thrives whenever he’s in it”
– David Wiseman, a director of the Invictus Games Foundation, talking about Prince Harry’s visit to the games.