QUOTES of the week

‘Theresa May wants to lead a government of Star Wars-style drones – she doesn’t know how to deal with a Jedi knight.’ Ally of Boris Johnson after the Foreign Secretary was rebuked by No10 for claiming Saudi Arabia was fuelling ‘proxy wars’ in the Middle East. ‘I’m not entirely sure what country I’m in.’ Prince Harry, who headed to a charity event in London after a Caribbean tour and then a flying visit to Canada to see his girlfriend. ‘Ideally you will have a proven track record in skills including steering, braking and, in particular, accelerating.’ Mercedes advertisement for a new F1 driver following the shock retirement of world champion Nico Rosberg. ‘On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me, a partridge in a pear tree. Ate it.’ Larry the Downing Street cat offers his own version of The Twelve Days Of Christmas in a spoof Twitter account. ‘Godspeed, John Glenn. Ad astra.’ Nasa tweet after the astronaut’s death last week, aged 95. The words – ‘To the stars’ – echo those of Glenn’s 1962 mission controller. ‘The Duke asked if a novelist wrote books. As often with him, the question lay between existential brilliance and intergalatic dunce-hood.’ Writer Andrew O’Hagan describes his encounter with the Duke of Edinburgh. ‘Bu nd esprä sid en tens tichwahlwiede rh olungsv er sc hi e bung .’ Austria’s word of the year – it means the postponement of the repeat of the run-off of the presidential election. ‘After three years of Upsy Daisy and Igglepiggle, this is the best news

I’ve had.’ Mumsnet user after it was revealed that heart-throb actor Tom Hardy will be reading bedtime stories on CBeebies.