Words of the week

I WAS trapped but I didn’t know I was trapped. – The Duke of Sussex speaks about Royal life during the Oprah Winfrey interview that rocked the monarchy.

VERY clear and very scary. I didn’t know who to turn to in that. – Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, speaks of suicidal thoughts after becoming a member of the Royal Family.

WERE you silent or were you silenced? – Oprah Winfrey asks the Duchess of Sussex about Royal life.

FREEDOM of speech is a hill I’m happy to die on. – Piers Morgan after resigning as presenter of GMB following an outspoken attack against the Duchess of Sussex.

IT is certainly going to be very different but shows go on and so on we go. – Susanna Reid, who was Piers Morgan’s long-standing co-presenter on GMB.

A WORLD-class politician. – The BBC’s Scotland Editor, Sarah Smith, on under-fire First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

I HAVE really knocked on my last door. – Former Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage on the chances of a comeback.

I LOST my voice, just could not get a word out, and that was terrifying, absolutely terrifying. – Sir Alex Ferguson feared he would never speak again after a brain haemorrhage.

THE only bad side of this, for a Cambridge man, is to have an Oxford vaccine – Broadcaster Stephen Fry on his Covid jab.

PERMANENTLY working at home is effectively living at work. – Paul Scully, the Small Business Minister.

WHEN is it International Men’s Day? Must be any day soon. – BBC Look North’s Paul Hudson during an exchange with main presenter Amy Garcia on International Women’s Day.

CUTTING grass burns lots of fossil fuel, makes a filthy noise and is about the most injurious thing you can do to wildlife. – Gardening World’s Monty Don on tidy lawns.

IT’S just lovely to hold Ruth’s hand again. – Second World War veteran Eric Bradshaw, 95, on being reunited with his daughter after care home restrictions were eased.