“There are times when I’ve stood next to models and felt like an elephant. But I’m adamant about the fact that I’m not a big girl, I just have the natural feminine figure. I don’t think I have ever missed a meal. I’m not built that way and I don’t like watching what I eat”

Daisy Lowe, pictured.

“I recall sitting with my wife watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – when your children are about nine, you must watch Chitty Chitty Bang Bang every day for a month – and thinking it would be wonderful to be in something like that and leave a legacy. And then Harry Potter happened”

Actor Robbie Coltrane.

“If I was a woman in Russia, I would be a lesbian, as the men are very ugly”

Designer Karl Lagerfeld.

“The Queen made a great mistake when she agreed to do that stunt with Daniel Craig, It was very undignified for an 86-year-old woman. I noticed that when she appeared in the stadium she didn’t look amused. Quite right, too. She’d been taken for a ride”

Richard Ingrams, editor of The Oldie magazine.

“If I hear We Will Rock You one more time, I think I am going to go quite mad”

The Prime Minister on the beach volleyball venue, which is overlooked by 10 Downing Street.