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To weed out lives and speeches they would write for her, sort of be a good little thing and do what you're told. well, she was determined to be a proper monarch, in all elements. she still to this day reads her red boxes, which are the government papers that are sent, you know, from white hall from westminster and house of commons telling her all the state's secrets and what the government is up to and always always said, you could test her like a school exam and she would pass in flying colors, read them so studiously. took her role very, very seriously but as was said, she had a wicked sense...

Whitehall worker the Secret Civil Servant wants people to know civil servants understand the public's frustrations and are just as angry

Of parliament, young, as you'vejust said. and also, one of the first generation of working mums in the house of commons. how difficult was that? we take for granted now, because of the sheer number of women there are in politics now, even though of course there are still many challenges for them. we take for granted a lot of provision, understanding made. i imagine just 25 years ago it didn't feel like that at all. no, it was... ithink... i mean, there were, we had a big increase in the number of women in 1997 so i think that made it much easier for me than, say, for harriet harman and her gen...

Ithink... i mean, there were, we had a big increase in the number of women in 1997 so i think that made it much easierfor me than, say, for harriet harman and her generation. but it was a bit mad. and there was a sense, as well, that you should try and not talk about it too much. you know, not admit that you were juggling so many different things. so i stopped doing red boxes in the evening when i became a minister, i would do them at weekends but not in the evening because i thought, this is bonkers. you're expecting us to do all these important papers late at night and actually, there's also...

But it was a bit mad. and there was a sense, as well, that you should try and not talk about it too much. you know, not admit that you were iugghng you know, not admit that you were juggling so many different things. so i stopped doing red boxes in the evening when i became a minister, i would do them at weekends but not in the evening because i thought, this is bonkers. you're expecting us to do all these important papers late at night and actually, that's also, i'm trying to put the kids to bed, you know, trying to balance everything else. and so i said this in answer to a question from a jo...