Of course, we all have to be taxed, but once you start to earn more than £150,000, and start paying 45 per cent tax, you are penalised. It is like a witch hunt.

A proper family diary with everyone's events and parties in it really helps organise the household.

I have made six big home moves in my life and I have never lost money on one I have lived in.

If you are a housewife, take pride in that.

Unless you completely understand the investment world, do not mess around with it. It is not something I would go anywhere near.

I have always liked clothes - throughout my life, my saving grace has been my own vanity.

There's no getting away from it: you have to clean.