Being the only girl in the world who can say that her mother was Britain's first woman Prime Minister is honour enough for me.

- Carol Thatcher

Part of my dogsbody job during the 1983 election was choosing Mum's missile-proof clothes. They had to be disposable.

- Carol Thatcher

Reality hasn't really intervened in my mother's life since the seventies.

- Carol Thatcher

Dogs are more loyal. Cats are fickle.

- Carol Thatcher