Quotes

I am feeling wonderful - it's been a truly wonderful life experience ... Words can't describe how happy one feels. [on the birth of his son]

[2008] She [Dronning Mary] applied positive pressure to get me to stop smoking. It was a low-key request, she just said she wanted to keep me a little longer. I had to stop gradually. I couldn't just quit all at once.

[2008; after being asked by an Icelandic school student if he has ever had homosexual fantasies] Probably not. Not that I know.

[2005; asked if he was a smoker or a non-smoker] I am in between. [laughs]

[2008; on spending time on exercise and healthy eating after he had quit smoking] It may seem selfish to spend so much time on that when you have little children. But if you look ahead, I'll get two, three extra years with my children and grandchildren.