THEY SAID WHAT?

“My ruling is therefore that the motion will not be debated today as it would be repetitive and disorderly to do so”

- Commons Speaker John Bercow rejects a Government bid to hold a “meaningful vote” on Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal on Monday

“Our case will be that this is a political attempt to signal to journalists the consequences of publishing information. It is legally unprecedented”

- Mark Summers QC, Julian Assange’s barrister, as the WikiLeaks founder faced court to fight

extradition to the US

“On days like today, ask yourself in the time I’ve been on the throne what have I actually achieved? This country was still great when I came to the throne, all that has happened on my watch is the place has fallen apart”

- Olivia Colman, above, as the Queen preparing for her silver jubilee, in a trailer for the new series of The Crown

“Our data show that while former footballers had higher dementia rates, they had lower rates of death due to other major diseases”

- Consultant neuropathologist Dr Willie Stewart, publishing a new study on neurodegenerative disease among ex-professional footballers

“My advice would be to keep his head down, and I’m afraid to say, stop whingeing. It’s beginning to sound like a bit of a whinge. That’s not the Harry that we know and love” - Royal commentator Penny Junor on the Duke of Sussex appearing in the ITV documentary Harry & Meghan: An African Journey