From Brexit means Brexit to fields of wheat: Theresa May's year in quotes
We look at the year's most memorable quotes from the 'bloody difficult woman'.
July 5: "Theresa is a bloody difficult woman" - Kenneth Clarke, caught on-mic chatting with former Cabinet colleague Sir Malcolm Rifkind as they waited to be interviewed on Sky News.
July 11: "Brexit means Brexit, and we're going to make a success out of it" - Mrs May sets out her stall on Europe as she launches her national campaign for the Tory leadership.
July 13: "If you're from an ordinary working class family, life is much harder than many people in Westminster realise" - Mrs May sets out her plan to help people who are 'just about managing', in a statement in Downing Street after being made Prime Minister.
October 2: "Let me be clear. We are not leaving the European Union only to give up control of immigration again. And we are not leaving only to return to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice" - Mrs May sets down red lines for the Brexit negotiations, in a speech to the Conservative conference in Birmingham.
November 3: "Boris, the dog was put down when its master decided it wasn't needed any more" - Making a joke at Boris Johnson's expense at the Spectator Parliamentarian of the Year Awards.
2017
January 17: "No deal for Britain is better than a bad deal for Britain" - Setting out her objectives for Brexit in a speech at Lancaster House.
January 27: "Haven't you ever noticed? Sometimes opposites attract" - Visiting Donald Trump in Washington DC.
April 18: "It was with reluctance that I decided the country needs this election, but it is with strong conviction that I say it is necessary to secure the strong and stable leadership the country needs to see us through Brexit and beyond" - Calling a snap election outside Downing Street.
April 27: "Every vote for him is a vote for a chaotic Brexit. Every vote for me is a vote to strengthen our hand in negotiating the best deal for Britain. Every vote for him is a vote for a weaker economy, every vote for me is a vote for a stronger economy with the benefits felt by everyone across the country. And every vote for him is a vote for a coalition of chaos" - Mrs May goes on the attack against Jeremy Corbyn at the last Prime Minister's Questions before the election.
"Strong against the weak and weak against the strong" - Mr Corbyn hits back with an assault on Mrs May's approach.
May 3: "During the Conservative Party leadership campaign I was described by one of my colleagues as a bloody difficult woman. And I said at the time the next person to find that out will be Jean-Claude Juncker" - Mrs May, speaking after details of a dinner with Mr Juncker were leaked.
May 9: "There's boy jobs and girl jobs you see" - Discussing her domestic arrangements in a joint appearance with husband Philip on BBC One's The One Show.
May 22: "Nothing has changed, nothing has changed" - At the launch of the Welsh Conservative manifesto in Wrexham, following a U-turn on social care.
June 4: "It is time to say enough is enough. Everybody needs to go about their lives as they normally would. Our society should continue to function in accordance with our values. But when it comes to taking on extremism and terrorism, things need to change" - Speaking outside 10 Downing Street following a spate of terror attacks in Manchester and London.
June 6: "I have to confess, when me and my friend, sort of, used to run through the fields of wheat, the farmers weren't too pleased about that" - Asked to confess her "naughtiest" moment in an interview.
June 13: "At least someone got a landslide" - Congratulating John Bercow on his re-election as Speaker of the House of Commons.
June 21: "The support on the ground for families in the initial hours was not good enough. That was a failure of the state, local and national, to help people when they needed it most" - Speaking to Parliament in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire.
