There are some brilliant designers but their clothes only really suit 6 foot 20-year-olds.

I think it is shocking that 15- and 16-year-olds leave school unable to add up and with the reading ability of a four-year-old.

I'm a fiend for costume jewellery and have countless pairs of rhinestone or diamante earrings, which are so flattering when they catch the light. I love the designers Alexis Bittar and Kenneth Jay Lane, and I always go to jewellers Butler & Wilson.

Certainly there are dozens of over-50 actresses who look great: Sophia Loren, Susan Sarandon, Ursula Andress, Stefanie Powers, Raquel Welch, Barbara Eden, Joanna Lumley, Linda Gray - the list is endless, and these are just the actresses! I have many friends in their 60s, 70s and 80s, not in the limelight, but who all look absolutely stunning.

And I kissed a lot of frogs as well, but no, I kissed a lot of frogs and now I've found my prince.

I don't use e-mail; I phone and fax. I think people who are hunched over their computer screens all day should get a life.

I have never been the mousy, stand-two-paces-behind, obedient 'little woman' type.