The first meal my husband ever made me was a chicken curry. I have never tasted anything so delicious in my life.

I did an O-level in domestic science when I was at school, but on the day of the practical exam, it was a cookery nightmare.

I can do basics, but I'm not a proper cook. I can do a roast. I can stick a chicken in the oven with vegetables.

Coming eyeball to eyeball with a hummingbird on my terrace is as exciting to me as any celebrity Ive met as a result of Downton Abbey.

Ive been to the White House and had Hilary Clinton push through the crowd to come and meet me. Chelsea Clinton, too.

People have preconceptions about women of a certain age.

I think I should be a nightclub singer. I love to sing!