A biography for Gyles Brandrethhasn’t been written yet.
“When I was an MP, I worked at the department where we gave honors to people from the arts world, I was quite keen.”
“The private Prince Philip - the inner man - was infinitely more difficult to reach. He was more sensitive, more thoughtful and more tolerant than you'd expect, but he kept these qualities hidden.”
“If you are conscious of the journey you are taking, wherever you are it will help you know where you are going next.”
“I own a lot of novelty knitwear and I think some of it's quite fun.”
“Life has not turned out as I hoped it would.”
“They're supposed to cure everything. Want a baby? Have a Brandreth pill. Don't want a baby? Have a Brandreth pill.”
“Several people have told me that Queen Elizabeth made slighting comments about Philip within their hearing, and referred to him - not entirely humorously - as 'the Hun.'”
“Prince Philip prides himself on being a realist. He knows he is not going to live for ever.”
“When I was an MP, John Prescott barracked me in the House of Commons, shouting: 'Woolly jumper! Woolly jumper!'”
“It's called 'Odd Boy Out' because as I was writing it I realized I was a bit of an oddity as a child.”
“I'm happy inside my own skin.”
“What happened between the sheets on the night of the royal wedding I cannot tell you. I was not there.”
“To me Prince Philip was a hero and a role model - and a friend.”
“Princess Anne is like her father. From her, you'll never hear a complaint of any kind about her upbringing.”
“Was Prince Philip in love when he proposed to Elizabeth? At the time, he was a relatively penniless prince, with a rackety family and no home to call his own.”
“During the summer of 2000, in the run-up to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's 100th birthday, I asked the Duke of Edinburgh if he was hoping to reach 100. 'Good God, no,' he spluttered, 'I can't imagine anything worse. What a ghastly idea.'”
“The buffoon is a product of the woolly jumpers in the 1980s on 'TV:am.' It was a costume and I loved earning money before breakfast, but 9 A. M. came and I then took off the woolly jumpers.”
“If you are getting married it's about the person you are marrying, it's about the relationship. For me it's not about the party.”
“I met Ian McKellen queueing for returns and he said, 'Are you wearing your tights under your trousers?' and I said, 'How on earth did you guess that?' and he said, 'Because I'm wearing mine.'”
“I know that the Duke of Edinburgh's rule was, 'Don't talk about yourself, don't give personal interviews.' I know that, and I know he told his children that because he told me.”