I'm a bit of a Luddite and I hate the internet.

I love spring flowers: daffodils and hyacinths are the ultimate flower for me. They are the essence of spring.

I think I think I am Superwoman sometimes but I am not.

I have always enjoyed drawing and painting but I don't always find the time to do much these days.

I love animals and feel very strongly that people should not be allowed to buy a pet if they are not able to look after it.

I've got a really sweet tooth and sometimes I just have to have some chocolate.

Being busy with work, and as a mum, I'm a big fan of online shopping.

My idea of a good night has always been having a lovely meal and a proper conversation.

I don't find offensive that I'm being labelled a babe by blokes. I'm absolutely flattered.

I don't waste money on smart, expensive clothes.

Elizabeth I was my favourite monarch though, what an inspiration, she did great things for women.

You bring the influence of the Kingdom to the people by giving them things that would interest them

When you can stop you don't want to, and when you want to stop, you can't...

We never repent of having eaten too little.

There are several ways in order to reduce the housing problem.One way is to allow a developer to buy land more cheaply if it's in an outlying area.

I never went to church when I was in college, either.

Courage without discipline is nearer beastliness than manhood.

I find it shameful that in nearly all the universities of Europe, Palestinian students sponsor and nurture anti-Semitism.

Style is the perfection of a point of view.

Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there's a natural desire to want to make records.

My first movie. I think I won an Oscar for this.