“My Duke of Edinburgh interview for his 90th in June 2011 was not one o...” — Fiona Bruce Quote

“My Duke of Edinburgh interview for his 90th in June 2011 was not one of my successes. I knew what to expect: there were some very uncomfortable moments and put-downs, but I think it made for entertaining viewing.”

“The one good thing about jet lag when you fly to the United States is that you wake up so madly early, you can beat everyone else to the big tourist attractions and miss the queues.”

“People are more than two-dimensional, and again I think the complexities in life, and in one's makeup, grow as you get older, partly through experience.”

“Brexit can tend to be a dialogue of the deaf.”

“You can't beat a good millefeuille, which is basically a posh custard slice. Yum!”

“Age is definitely an issue for women in TV. There comes a point - especially if you're a woman - when your career just falls off a cliff. I'm not being self-pitying. That's just the way it is.”

“Nothing can prepare an 18-year-old for the fishbowl that is Duke basketball. So that was difficult.”

“If you're not a Duke fan, you're not going to like me.”

“I had the opportunity at Duke to start doing things in the community, and it's something I continue to do even 20 years later.”

“Duke recruits the best basketball players. They don't recruit dunkers or highlight makers. They recruit good basketball players.”

“Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns.”

“Some of the most fascinating scenes in 'Unforgiven,' for me, is that scene with Gene Hackman where he's talking about the Duke of Death that Richard Harris played, and he's basically demolishing this myth of this man very unwesternly - not what you expect in a western.”