I am a control freak.

I didn't finish my dress until about three days before my wedding - I had the flu and was stitching it from my bed. And the tulle came back from India all brown. We had to wash it for hours, but that didn't dissuade me from wearing it.

My great-grandfather was in the army in India, and we have photographs of my family there in full Victorian dress. They're incredibly romantic.

I make sure I carve out time to be with my daughter.

If you've chosen someone to be in your bridal party, she should be a good enough friend that she does not want to upstage you.

Bridesmaids are never going to upstage the bride.

We don't leave home without my daughter's doll La-La. She looks like a bit of a rag, but India is obsessed with her.