Verbals
1. Boris Johnson, on resigning as leader of the Conservative party
2. Liz Truss, on being elected leader of the Conservative party
3. King Charles, greeting Liz Truss for her first audience as prime minister with him
4. Sue Gray in her report on ‘Alleged gatherings on government premises during Covid restrictions’
5. President Joe Biden of the United States, of President Vladimir Putin of Russia, in a speech in Warsaw
6. Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister
7. Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary, in Parliament
8. Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Fratelli d’Italia party, who became prime minister of Italy
9. Liz Truss, as foreign secretary, on being asked whether Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, was ‘friend or foe’
10. President Emmauel Macron, to those refusing vaccinations
Royal prerogatives
1. Paddington Bear; marmalade sandwich
2. The NHS
3. The Earl and Countess of Wessex
4. As a Lady and as a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter
5. The Duchess of Sussex
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