"I ought to rejoice in the fact that our principal rival has died, but I don't."

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"The BBC produces wonderful programmes; it also produces a load of old rubbish."

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"I deplore the loss of arts on BBC One and Two."

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"I had no expectation that the Prince would offer me the unprecedented and unfettered access to the original and entirely untapped sources on which this biography is based."

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