I come from a sports family and my husband is a rugby player.

I love spring flowers: daffodils and hyacinths are the ultimate flower for me. They are the essence of spring.

I think I think I am Superwoman sometimes but I am not.

I have always enjoyed drawing and painting but I don't always find the time to do much these days.

I love animals and feel very strongly that people should not be allowed to buy a pet if they are not able to look after it.

I've got a really sweet tooth and sometimes I just have to have some chocolate.

Being busy with work, and as a mum, I'm a big fan of online shopping.

My idea of a good night has always been having a lovely meal and a proper conversation.

I don't find offensive that I'm being labelled a babe by blokes. I'm absolutely flattered.

I don't waste money on smart, expensive clothes.

Elizabeth I was my favourite monarch though, what an inspiration, she did great things for women.

Don't lie to protect my feelings. I'd rather you speak the truth with love and respect. I'll be fine!

Dreams are prophecies.

Just because something is ubiquitous does not mean that it is innocuous.

Hot water makes stress, makes you embarrassed… cold makes you to refresh, calm, relax… but mainly dead people are cold and the alive are hotter.

Hillary Clinton supported concessions to the Castro brothers and got almost nothing in return for ending the embargo.

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.

My life goes in four-year cycles. The World Cup is every four years and the Olympics are every four years.

I do think about aging. I have those moments of panic and vanity, but life keeps getting better, so you can't worry about it too much.

CNN was one of the first news organizations in the world to train and equip its journalists before deploying them to dangerous areas.

Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure.