Lucy Worsley: Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?

Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Lucy Worsley said elsewhere, not written here

To my brother. When he was a small boy, I made him urinate on an electric fence to see if liquid could really transmit electricity.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 May 2017 source ↗

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Chris Bryant

Mum, because I never really knew how to cope with her alcoholism.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2025 source ↗

Sadiq Khan Mayor of London since 2016

To my wife Saadiya, for interrupting too many evenings, weekends and family holidays with work.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 September 2016 source ↗

Scott Mills English radio DJ and television presenter

Katy Perry. I hired a Russell Brand lookalike as a joke for the radio, and she thought it was actually him. When she realised it wasn’t, she burst into tears. She was still married to him, but I didn’t take into account that there were things going on that we didn’t know.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 October 2022 source ↗

James Norton English actor