I never understood the immence outpouring of grief. She's only a woman for goodness sake! I never actually had an awful lot of time for Diana. I thought she was a bit of a hanger-on; of her and Charles, I preferred Charles and I still do.

I found the general public's anger at the Queen (and the rest of the Royal Family) at not going all public (as depicted in the film The Queen) as rather in bad taste. I do not have the right to say how somebody else grieves, so Joe Bloggs in the street does not have the right to say how the Queen should grieve. I got far more irritated over this than I grieved over Diana's death.

I am very sorry that she died; in the same way that I am sorry about anybody who died in similar circumstances or at a similar age. I also feel that the histeria over conspiricy theories is completely stupid. Things don't work like that: get a life!