I had started working in television but it did not pay that much. I was 27, renting this little one-bed flat in Shepherd's Bush, West London, with a bathroom so small only someone of my size could actually get in it.

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

I have worked and earned all my life and have found that divorce is an expensive process. Whichever way you look at it, you are going to halve your wealth. If you can avoid it, do. It is an awful process.

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

Rearranging furniture, adding some candles, or making even small tweaks can really make the difference.

When I was 16 I got a school holiday job at Minton's pottery factory in Staffordshire, packing plates. For a month's work, I was paid £44. Everything I now know about the birds and the bees, I learnt there.

If you are a housewife, take pride in that.