THEY SAID WHAT?

“They’ve got no buttons but I got here”

- The Queen was impressed by the hi-tech lifts when she opened finance company Schroders’ new London HQ.

“No, it won’t. I’m not that stupid. I do realise that it is a separate exercise being sovereign. So of course I understand entirely how that should operate”

- The Prince of Wales, saying public campaigning or “meddling” will not continue when he becomes King.

“He’s pretty impatient, he wants things done by yesterday, as I think everybody who works for him will tell you. But that’s how he gets things done, he’s driven by this, this passion inside him to really help. He would like to save the world”

- The Duchess of Cornwall on her

husband, the Prince of Wales. “It’s mainly laziness. But I think wearing clothes in bed is weird. Why would you get dressed to go to bed?”

- Labour MP Jess Phillips, above, who said she grew up in a “naked household”.

“A parliament where women are a rare sight is a parliament working with one hand tied behind its back”

- Prime Minister Theresa May.

“I’d like to inspire others and empower others to believe in themselves, especially people with Down’s Syndrome. The world is their oyster”

- Actress Sarah Gordy, who became the first woman with Down’s Syndrome to be awarded an MBE.

“When you meet most comedians in real life you very quickly stop expecting them to be funny. Being a comedian is almost like a pathology”

- Comedian Ben Miller.