It would have been very easy to play to the gallery, but I took a conscious decision not to do that. Safer not to be too popular. You can't fall too far.
There was no precedent. If I asked somebody, 'What do you expect me to do?' they all looked blank. They had no idea; nobody had much idea.
I had been playing polo, and I decided to give up at the age of 50.
You don't really want nonagenarians as heads of organisations which are trying to do something useful.
When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.
I have frequently been misrepresented. I don't hate the press; I find a lot of it is very unpalatable.
