Gyles Brandreth

Life has not turned out as I hoped it would.

— Gyles Brandreth

It's good to stretch your mind.

— Gyles Brandreth

I'm a friend of Walter Cronkite.

— Gyles Brandreth

Business is not my forte.

— Gyles Brandreth

I have been a print journalist.

— Gyles Brandreth

I have been an MP and government minister.

— Gyles Brandreth

John Major. He dresses so well. And so quickly.

— Gyles Brandreth

I thought I would be Prime Minister.

— Gyles Brandreth

If God had meant us to go metric, why did he give Christ twelve apostles?

— Gyles Brandreth

If you were doing a Des O'Connor show, you were in safe hands.

— Gyles Brandreth

The biggest and loudest weddings don't always produce the happiest marriages.

— Gyles Brandreth

Prince Philip is very contrary. He challenges everything.

— Gyles Brandreth

Prince Philip is conscious of his place in the heritage of the Royal Family.

— Gyles Brandreth

There's nothing so unemployable as a man in his 50s who's no longer on the winning side.

— Gyles Brandreth

For centuries in Britain, the small-talk standby has been the weather.

— Gyles Brandreth

I know I'm hated. Or rather, that people struggle with dislike for me.

— Gyles Brandreth

Several people have told me that Queen Elizabeth made slighting comments about Philip within their hearing, and referred to him - not…

— Gyles Brandreth

Was Prince Philip in love when he proposed to Elizabeth? At the time, he was a relatively penniless prince, with a rackety…

— Gyles Brandreth

“There is no friendship possible between men and women[...]. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.”

— Gyles Brandreth

I'm grateful for laughter of any kind, but it can be off-putting if one person is laughing at a different time or…

— Gyles Brandreth

Princess Anne is like her father. From her, you'll never hear a complaint of any kind about her upbringing.

— Gyles Brandreth

If you are conscious of the journey you are taking, wherever you are it will help you know where you are going…

— Gyles Brandreth

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…

— Gyles Brandreth

It is exhausting to be giving one's all in the theatre, my first duty is to my paying public, of course!

— Gyles Brandreth

And the purpose of small talk is not to be controversial, clever or even interesting. It's simply to fill the silent void…

— Gyles Brandreth

I wanted to have a house near his grave, and that's exactly what I did get. When I woke up in the…

— Gyles Brandreth

It was Napoleon who said if you want to understand a man, look at the world as it was when he was…

— Gyles Brandreth

I said to my wife, Michele, 'What would you like for Christmas? Anything you want, darling, anything in our means.' She said…

— Gyles Brandreth

The fact that the Meghan and Harry interview was aired while Philip was in hospital did not trouble him. What did worry…

— Gyles Brandreth

Prince Philip's principal role since 1952 has been to support the Queen. Alongside that, he has created his own working life as…

— Gyles Brandreth

“I mean it,' said Bosie seriously. 'I'd like to murder him, in cold blood.' 'Well, you can't, Bosie,' said Oscar, 'leastways, not…

— Gyles Brandreth

During the summer of 2000, in the run-up to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's 100th birthday, I asked the Duke of Edinburgh…

— Gyles Brandreth

I made that great mistake of trying to be funny.

— Gyles Brandreth

I'm happy inside my own skin.

— Gyles Brandreth

I've always adored Shakespeare.

— Gyles Brandreth

Being made redundant is a personal tragedy.

— Gyles Brandreth

I am interested in the Oscar Wilde we don't know.

— Gyles Brandreth

Prince Philip protected the Queen and made her laugh.

— Gyles Brandreth

The essence of democracy is that you can kick people out.

— Gyles Brandreth

We're only here once and there are lots of things I want to do.

— Gyles Brandreth