First and foremost, I am a writer. That's what I have spent my life doing. — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
My introduction to the Queen was disconcerting, to say the least. 'This is Gyles Brandreth,' said the Duke of Edinburgh cheerily. 'Apparently,… — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
When I was a boy, I began writing a biography of Shakespeare, and since then I've written a number of biographies of… — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
It's called 'Odd Boy Out' because as I was writing it I realized I was a bit of an oddity as a… — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
Praise makes me humble, but when I am abused, I know that I have touched the stars. — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
Princess Anne is like her father. From her, you'll never hear a complaint of any kind about her upbringing. — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
In the Members' Dining Room, the Conservatives eat at one end, the Labour Party at the other, while the Liberals wait at table. — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
“Those who pay their bills on time are soon forgotten. It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live… — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
If you're the Queen you don't need to say anything and you don't get into trouble. If you're the Duke of Edinburgh you say… — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
When it comes to personal communication, words are all we've got. It is the simple use of language that makes us human beings. — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
If God had meant us to go metric, why did he give Christ twelve apostles? — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
First and foremost, I am a writer. That's what I have spent my life doing. — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
“One should always be suspicious of a woman who tells you that her past was burnt in the flames of a schoolhouse in Peshawar.” — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
Among the upper classes, especially three or four generations ago, men and women had separate bedrooms. That's just the way it was. — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
