"I love Britain. . . Ethics and morals count in Britain like nowhere else in the world."

"[On religion] When we die, our souls still live. If you are a gangster or a bastard or a crook your soul inhabits a d…"

"[On wanting to become Britain's PM] If I have British passport - why not? This is my country now. And I am very popul…"

"I am not resting until I die. I am not doing this for myself, but for the country."

"They are the main two. I don't think the Queen is important. The Duke of Edinburgh runs the country behind the scenes…"

"I am not talking to you, you are bloody idiot, you are part of the establishment, you work for MI6."

"[He] did more good in the world than all his critics rolled together. [...] And I'm very sorry that he's dead because…"

"The fact is that if you talk to the people who actually knew him, who worked for him, who were his customers, they ha…"

"Fayed did not want the facts of his background and his take-over of Harrods to come out. He bribed politicians to try…"

"All these matters mean, you may think, that Mr al-Fayed's appreciation of what is fact and what is fiction and what i…"